Chrysomeloidea
| Chrysomeloidea | |
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| Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Clade: | Phytophaga |
| Superfamily: | Chrysomeloidea Latreille, 1802 |
| Families | |
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Cerambycidae - long-horned beetles | |
The Chrysomeloidea are an enormous superfamily of beetles, with tens of thousands of species, mostly in the families Cerambycidae (the long-horned beetles) and Chrysomelidae, the leaf beetles.
Overview
Several species in these two families are important plant pests. The spotted cucumber beetle is a serious pest of vegetables and is a very common insect on all sorts of flowers. The Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, attacks potatoes and other members of the Solanaceae. The Asian long-horned beetle is a serious pest of trees where it has been introduced.
Some authorities have suggested removing the Cerambycidae and related families (Disteniidae, Oxypeltidae, and Vesperidae) from Chrysomeloidea to create a separate superfamily "Cerambycoidea" (e.g.,[1]), but in the absence of evidence to support the monophyly of the resulting groups, this proposal has not yet been accepted by the scientific community.
References
- ^ Švácha, P.; Danilevsky, M.L. (1990). "Cerambycoid larvae of Europe and Soviet Union (Coleoptera Cerambycoidea). Part I.". Entomologia Generalis. 15 (3): 202.
Bibliography
- Löbl, Ivan; Smetana, Ales, eds. (2010). Chrysomeloidea. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-26091-7.
- Haddad, S.; McKenna, D.D. (2016). "Phylogeny and evolution of the superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia)". Syst Entomol. 41: 697–716. doi:10.1111/syen.12179.
External links
Data related to Chrysomeloidea at Wikispecies
Media related to Chrysomeloidea at Wikimedia Commons- "Chrysomeloidea". Atlas of Living Australia.
