Doryphora (beetle)

Doryphora
Doryphora punctatissima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Tribe: Chrysomelini
Genus: Doryphora
Illiger, 1807

Doryphora is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. It includes nine species from Central and South America.[1]

Biology

Doryphora beetles live and feed on vines of family Apocynaceae.[2]

Doryphora reproduce during the transition from the dry to the wet season. Some species are subsocial, with adult females guarding their eggs and larvae from predation.[2]

Species

The genus includes the following species:[3][4][5][6]

References

  1. ^ Chaboo, C.S.; Frieiro-Costa, F.A.; Gómez-Zurita, J.; Westerduijn, R. (2014). "Subsociality in leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae, Chrysomelinae)". Journal of Natural History. 48 (37–38): 1–44. doi:10.1080/00222933.2014.909060. S2CID 84683405.
  2. ^ a b Windsor D.M.; Dury, G.J.; Frieiro-Costa, F.A.; Lanckowsky S.; Pasteels, J.M. (2013). "Subsocial Neotropical Doryphorini (Chrysomelidae, Chrysomelinae): new observations on behavior, host plants and systematics". ZooKeys (332): 71–93. doi:10.3897/zookeys.332.5199. PMC 3805320. PMID 24163582.
  3. ^ Chaboo, C.S.; Flowers, R.W. (2015). "Beetles (Coleoptera) of Peru: A Survey of the Families. Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 88 (3): 380–383. doi:10.2317/kent-88-03-380-383.1. JSTOR 44577461. S2CID 198149034.
  4. ^ Flowers, R.W. (2004). "The genera of Chrysomelinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Costa Rica". Revista de Biología Tropical. 52 (1): 77–83. doi:10.15517/rbt.v52i1.14754. PMID 17357402.
  5. ^ Windsor, D.M.; Dury, G.J.; Frieiro-Costa, F.A.; Lanckowsky, S.; Pasteels, J.M. (2013). "Subsocial Neotropical Doryphorini (Chrysomelidae, Chrysomelinae): new observations on behavior, host plants and systematics". ZooKeys (332): 71–93. doi:10.3897/zookeys.332.5199. PMC 3805320. PMID 24163582.
  6. ^ Benjamín Benítez-García; Sara López-Pérez; Santiago Zaragoza-Caballero (2017). "Sinopsis de los géneros mexicanos de Chrysomelinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad (in Spanish). 88 (2): 335–348. doi:10.1016/j.rmb.2017.03.026.


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