Paropsides

Paropsides
Paropsides calypso Lillipilli beetle
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Chrysomelinae
Genus: Paropsides
Motschulsky, 1860
Type species
Paropsis duodecempustulata
(= Chrysomela soriculata Swartz, 1808)
Gebler, 1825
Species[1][2]
Paropsides opposita

Paropsides is a genus of beetles commonly called leaf beetles and in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. They are distributed from eastern Asia to eastern Australia.[3] Paropsides are small and specialist feeders on native Australian plants. There are 21 species in Australia[1] and they occur mainly on the south-eastern states.[4] The green Paropsides calypso is a native species which commonly attacks the lillipilli genus Syzygium. [5] Paropsides opposita feeds on Tea tree Melaleuca sp.

Paropsides belongs to the Paropsis-group of genera, with similar head, appendages, prosternum, elytra, tarsi and larva. Among these genera it is defined by possession of a single attribute, a full complement of pronotal (thoracic) trichobothria (bristles), which is almost certainly a plesiomorphy. Paropsides is therefore unlikely to be monophyletic.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Paropsides | Atlas of Living Australia". Bie.ala.org.au. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  2. ^ Kippenberg, H. (2010). "Subfamily Chrysomelinae Latreille, 1802". In Löbl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. pp. 390–443. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2.
  3. ^ a b Reid, C.A.M. (2006). "A taxonomic revision of the Australian Chrysomelinae, with a key to the genera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Zootaxa. 1292: 1–119. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1292.1.1. (Erratum: doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1306.1.6)
  4. ^ "Australian Faunal Directory". Environment.gov.au. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  5. ^ "Lily Pilly Hedge - Pest eating leaves". Au.gardenweb.com. Retrieved 2015-11-19.


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