Glyptoscelis
Genus of leaf beetles
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Glyptoscelis is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. There are 38 species of Glyptoscelis described from North, Central and South America.[1][2][3][4][5] There are also three species of Glyptoscelis known from the West Indies, though they are wrongly placed in the genus.[6] In addition, a single species was described from Hunan, China in 2021.[7]
| Glyptoscelis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Eumolpinae |
| Tribe: | Eumolpini |
| Genus: | Glyptoscelis Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836 |
| Type species | |
| Eumolpus hirtus (= Cryptocephalus pubescens Fabricius, 1777) Olivier, 1808 | |
According to BugGuide and ITIS, the genus is now placed in the tribe Eumolpini instead of Adoxini.[4][1]
Species
These species belong to the genus Glyptoscelis:
- Glyptoscelis aeneipennis Baly, 1865[8]
- Glyptoscelis albicans Baly, 1865 i c g b[8]
- Glyptoscelis albida LeConte, 1859 i c g b
- Glyptoscelis alternata Crotch, 1873 i c g b[9]
- Glyptoscelis aridis Van Dyke, 1938 i c g
- Glyptoscelis artemisiae Blake, 1967 i c g[6]
- Glyptoscelis barbata (Say, 1826) i c g
- Glyptoscelis cahitae Blake, 1967[6]
- Glyptoscelis chontalensis Jacoby, 1882[10]
- Glyptoscelis coloradoensis Blake, 1967 i c g[6]
- Glyptoscelis cryptica (Say, 1824) i c g b
- Glyptoscelis cylindrica Blake, 1967 i c g[6]
- Glyptoscelis diabola Krauss, 1937 i c g[11]
- Glyptoscelis dohrni Jacoby, 1900[12]
- Glyptoscelis fascicularis Baly, 1865[8]
- Glyptoscelis gayi Lefèvre, 1891[13]
- Glyptoscelis gigas Jacoby, 1897[14]
- Glyptoscelis guatemalensis Blake, 1967[6]
- Glyptoscelis idahoensis Blake, 1967 i c g[6]
- Glyptoscelis illustris Crotch, 1873 i c g b[9]
- Glyptoscelis juniperi Blake, 1967 i c g b[6]
- Glyptoscelis longior LeConte, 1878 i c g
- Glyptoscelis mexicana Jacoby, 1882[10]
- Glyptoscelis monrosi Blake, 1952
- Glyptoscelis paraguayensis Jacoby, 1897[14]
- Glyptoscelis parvula Blaisdell, 1921 i c g
- Glyptoscelis paula Blake, 1967 i c g[6]
- Glyptoscelis peperi Blake, 1967 i c g[6]
- Glyptoscelis pinnigera Blake, 1952
- Glyptoscelis prosopis Schaeffer, 1905 i c g b
- Glyptoscelis pubescens (Fabricius, 1777) i c g b (hairy leaf beetle)
- Glyptoscelis pulvinosus (Blanchard, 1851)[15]
- Glyptoscelis septentrionalis Blake, 1967 i c g[6]
- Glyptoscelis sequoiae Blaisdell, 1921 i c g
- Glyptoscelis sinica Moseyko, 2021[7]
- Glyptoscelis sonorensis Blake, 1967[6]
- Glyptoscelis squamulata Crotch, 1873 i c g b[9] (grape bud beetle)
- Glyptoscelis vandykei Krauss, 1937 i c g[11]
- Glyptoscelis yosemitae Krauss, 1937 i c g[11]
Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]
Three additional species have been described from the West Indies. According to Doris Holmes Blake, in her 1967 review of the genus, they are wrongly placed in it:[16][6]
