Scelida

Scelida nigricornis

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: Luperini
Subtribus: Luperina
Genus: Scelida
Species (11): S. antennata – S. balyi – S. bella – S. elegans – S. flaviceps – S. glabrata – S. metallica – S. mexicana – S. nigricornis – S. rugosa – S. viridis

Name

Scelida Chapuis, 1875: 184

Type species: Scelida elegans Chapuis, 1875, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Chapuis, F. 1875. Tome onzième. Famille des phytophages. In: Lacordaire, J.T. & Chapuis, F. (eds) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Genera des coléoptères, ou exposé méthodique et critique de tous les genres proposés jusqu'ici dans cet ordre d'insectes. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 420 pp. BHL. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Clark, S.M. 1987. A Revision of the Section Scelidites in the Western Hemisphere (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Ph.D. thesis. The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. 397 pp. PDF. [unpublished work describing many new species]
• Riley, E.G., Clark, S.M. & Seeno, T.N. 2003. Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopididae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Coleopterists Society, Special Publication No. 1. Sacramento, CA. 290 pp. ISBN 978-0-9726087-1-8. BHL. Internet Archive. Reference page. 
• Viswajyothi, K. & Clark, S.M. 2022. New World genera of Galerucinae Latreille, 1802 (tribes Galerucini Latreille, 1802, Metacyclini Chapuis, 1875, and Luperini Gistel, 1848): an annotated list and identification key (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 842(1): 1–102. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.842.1945 . Reference page.