Galerucinae

The Galerucinae are a large subfamily of the leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae), containing about 15,000 species in more than 1000 genera, of which about 500 genera and about 8000 species make up the flea beetle tribe Alticini.[3][4]

Galerucinae
Temporal range: Santonian–Recent
Baccharis leaf beetle, Trirhabda flavolimbata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Galerucinae
Latreille, 1802
Tribes[1]
  • Alticini Newman, 1834
  • Decarthrocerini Laboissière, 1937
  • Galerucini Latreille, 1802
  • Hylaspini Chapuis, 1875
  • Luperini Gistel, 1848
  • Metacyclini Chapuis, 1875
  • Oidini Laboissière, 1921 (1875)
  • † Taimyralticini Nadein 2018[2]
Luperaltica nigripalpis

The division into tribes is more a matter of tradition than based on modern research. Some genera, for example Yingaresca, are better considered incertae sedis due to a general lack of knowledge. And while a good case can be made for some tribes – namely the Alticini and Galerucini – being all but monophyletic even in their traditional delimitation, others, such as Luperini, appear to be just paraphyletic assemblages of primitive and more basal genera.

Selected genera

Fossil genera
  • †Taimyraltica Nadein, 2018 Taimyr amber, Russia, Santonian

References
  1. Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
  2. Nadein, Konstantin S.; Perkovsky, Evgeny E. (2018). "A new tribe of Galerucinae leaf beetle (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from the Upper Cretaceous Taimyr amber". Cretaceous Research. 84: 97–106. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2017.10.023.
  3. Nie, R-E; Bezděk, J.; Yang, X-K (2017). "How many genera and species of Galerucinae s. str. do we know? Updated statistics (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). In: Chaboo CS, Schmitt M (Eds) Research on Chrysomelidae". ZooKeys (720): 91–102. doi:10.3897/zookeys.720.13517. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 5740445. PMID 29290727.
  4. Nadein, K.S. (2013). "Catalogue of Alticini genera of the World (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Beetles and Coleopterists website. Zoological Institute, Saint-Petersburg.
  5. BEZDĚK, Jan (Dec 17, 2012). "Galerucinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Socotra Island, with a review of taxa recorded from Yemen" (PDF). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 52 (supplementum 2): 544.

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