Pteleon (beetle)

Genus of beetles

Pteleon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Galerucinae
Tribe: Luperini
Subtribe: Luperina
Genus: Pteleon
Jacoby, 1888

Pteleon is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are at least three described species in Pteleon.[1][2][3]

Species

These species belong to the genus Pteleon:

  • Pteleon brevicornis (Jacoby, 1887)
  • Pteleon pubescens Jacoby, 1892
  • Pteleon semicaeruleus Jacoby, 1888

References

  1. ^ "Pteleon Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-02-20.
  2. ^ "Pteleon". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-02-20.

Further reading

  • Nie, R-E; Bezděk, J.; Yang, X-K (2017). "How many genera and species of Galerucinae s. str. do we know? Updated statistics (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). In: Chaboo CS, Schmitt M (Eds) Research on Chrysomelidae". ZooKeys (720): 91–102. Bibcode:2017ZooK..720...91N. doi:10.3897/zookeys.720.13517. PMC 5740445. PMID 29290727.
  • Wilcox, John A. (1965). A Synopsis of the North American Galerucinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). New York State Museum and Science Service.
  • Riley, Edward G.; Clark, Shawn M.; Seeno, Terry N. (2003). Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Special Publication No. 1. The Coleopterists' Society. ISBN 978-0-9726087-1-8.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26091-7.
Taxon identifiers
Pteleon


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