Agelastica

Agelastica alni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chrysomeloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Cladus: Phytophaga Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Galerucinae
Tribus: Hylaspini
Genus: Agelastica
Species: A. alni – A. coerulea – A. cyanicollis – A. lineata

Note: Agelastica cyanicollis (Jacoby, 1884) [Indonesia, Sumatra] & Agelastica lineata Blackburn 1888 [Australia] are considered ’incertae sedis’ per Vassiliades et al. 2025.

Note: Agelastica bimaculata (Bertoloni, 1868) is later Hallirhotius bimaculata (Bertoloni, 1868) after Beenen, 2020.

Name

Agelastica Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836: 381

Type species: Chrysomela alni Linnaeus, 1758, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Scholastica Gistel, 1848: 402 [unnecessary substitute name; syn. Bezděk (2020: 184)]

References

Primary references

• Bezděk, J. 2020. Review of the genus-level names proposed by Johannes Gistel in Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 60(1): 173–188. DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2020.011 Reference page. 
• Chevrolat, L.A.A. 1836. [new taxa]. In: Dejean, P.F.M.A. Catalogue des Coléoptères de la collection de M. le comte Dejean. Deuxième édition. [Livraison 5]. Paris: Méquignon-Marvis Père et Fils. pp. 361–443. BHL. Reference page. 
• Gistel, J.N.F.X. 1848. Abtheilung I. Thierreich. Pp. 1–626. In: Gistel, J.N.F.X. & Bromme, Tr. Handbuch der Naturgeschichte aller drei Reiche, für Lehrer und Lernende, für Schule und Haus. [1850] Stuttgart: R. Hoffmann, 1037 pp., 48 pl. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.37040 BHL. Reference page. 
• Vassiliades, D., Geiser, M.F., Barclay, M.V.L., Farrell, W.B., Cristóvão, J, Matsumoto, K., Crowley, L.M., 2025. The genome sequence of the Alder leaf beetle, Agelastica alni (Linnaeus, 1758). Wellcome Open Research 10: 263. DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenresearch.24357.1

Additional references

• Beenen, R. 2010. Galerucinae Latreille, 1802. Pp. 443–491. In: Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark. 924 pp. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2. Google Books. Reference page.  [p. 455]
• Beenen, R. 2020. Notes on African Galerucinae and descriptions of new species 2 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Entomologische Blätter und Coleoptera 116: 61–87. Reference page. 
• Bezděk, J. 2015. A review of palaearctic Scelolyperus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae), with description of S. perreus sp. nov. from Turkey. Annales Zoologici 65(1): 21–39. DOI: 10.3161/00034541ANZ2015.65.1.003 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Bezděk, J. & Sekerka, L. (eds.) 2024. Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6/2/1. Updated and Revised Second Edition. Chrysomeloidea II (Orsodacnidae, Megalopodidae, Chrysomelidae) – Part 1. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-44330-3 (E-Book), ISBN 978-90-04-44315-0 (Hardback). DOI: 10.1163/9789004443303 . Google Books. Reference page. 

Links

• Agelastica – Taxon details on Atlas of Living Australia (ALA).
• Australian Faunal Directory (AFD)
• Subfamily Galerucinae (Chrysomelidae) - atlas of leaf beetles of Russia

Vernacular names

• 日本語: ハンノキハムシ属
• lietuvių: Alksniagraužiai
• 中文: 臀萤叶甲属