Trachymela

Trachymela
Trachymela papuligera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Tribe: Chrysomelini
Genus: Trachymela
Weise, 1908
Synonyms[1]

Chondromela Weise, 1915

Trachymela is a genus of beetles, commonly called leaf beetles and in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. These beetles are usually brown or black and have elytra with verrucae (bumps) and lacking striae. Trachymela can be found in all states of Australia[2] There are over 120 species.[1][2]

Trachymela is native to Australia and New Guinea and introduced elsewhere. Host-plants: Myrtaceae (Angophora, Eucalyptus, Leptospermum).[2][3]

Taxonomy

The genus was first described by Julius Weise in 1908.[4][5] In 1994, Mauro Daccordi synonymised the genus Chondromela with Trachymela, defining it as a subgenus of Trachymela.[4][6]

Trachymela rugosa

Selected species

(From Australian Faunal Directory)[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "IRMNG - Trachymela Weise, 1908". www.irmng.org. Retrieved 2022-07-10.
  2. ^ a b c d "Atlas of Living Australia: Genus Trachymela".
  3. ^ Chris A.M. Reid (14 August 2006). "A taxonomic revision of the Australian Chrysomelinae, with a key to the genera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Zootaxa. 1292 (1): 1. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.1292.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. Wikidata Q97466695.
  4. ^ a b "Australian Faunal Directory: Trachymela". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2022-07-10.
  5. ^ Weise, J. 1908. Chrysomelidae und Coccinelidae. Fauna South Western Australia 2(1). 1-13 pp. [7].
  6. ^ Daccordi, M. 1994. Notes for the phylogenetic study of Chrysomelinae, with descriptions of new taxa and a list of all the known genera. pp. 60-84 in Furth, D. (ed.). Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Chrysomelidae, Beijing, 1992. Leiden : Backhuys 150 pp. [78]