Chrysomela Linnaeus 1758 (leaf beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae

Synonyms: Lina Latreille 1829, Melasoma Stephens 1831

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Parent taxon: Chrysomelini according to P. Bouchard et al. 2011

See also Biondi and Daccordi 1998, Fabricius 1775, Fabricius 1798, Forster 1771, Geoffroy 1762, Latreille 1796, Latreille 1802, Linnaeus 1758, Linnaeus 1761, Linnaeus 1767, Meunier 1921, Müller 1764, Müller 1776, Santiago-Blay 1994, Schaeffer 1766, Scopoli 1763, Scudder 1900 and Strøm 1768

Sister taxa: Chrysolina, Entomoscelis, Eochrysomela, Gastrophysa, Gonioctena, Gonocelis, Halocoleus, Oreina, Paleophaedon, Phaedon, Phratora, Plagiodera, Plagiosterna, Prasocuris, Stenaspidiotus, Neophaedon

Subtaxa: Chrysomela calami Chrysomela ceresti Chrysomela debilis Chrysomela hilberi Chrysomela lichenis Chrysomela matheroni Chrysomela micropunctata Chrysomela populi Chrysomela punctigera Chrysomela rudeli Chrysomela succini Chrysomela titana Chrysomela vesperalis Lina populeti Lina sociata Lina wetteravica

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of France (1 collection), Greenland (1), Ukraine (1)

• Miocene of Germany (3)

• Oligocene of France (5), Germany (2)

• Eocene of Germany (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: Colorado)

Total: 16 collections including 20 occurrences

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