Polychalca

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Cladus: Phytophaga
Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Cassidinae
Tribus: Omocerini
Genus: Polychalca
Subgenera: P. (Desmonota) – P. (Polychalca)
Name

Polychalca Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836: 368

Type species: Cassida punctatissima Wolf, 1818, designated by Duponchel & Chevrolat in D'Orbigny, 1843: 211.
Synonyms

Phalantha Gistel, 1848: 402 [unnecessary replacement name; syn. Monrós & Bechyné (1956: 1136]

Polychalca punctatissima

References

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.
Monrós, F. & Bechyné, J. 1956. Über einige verkannte Chrysomeliden-Namen. Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey 7(3): 1118–1137. BHL Reference page.

Polychalca is a genus of tortoise beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae.
Subgenus and species

Subgenus

Desmonota Hope, 1839
Polychalca aerea (Boheman, 1850)
Polychalca duponti (Boheman, 1850)
Polychalca gravida (Boheman, 1850)
Polychalca platynota (Germar, 1824)
Polychalca salebrosa (Boheman, 1850)

Subgenus

Polychalca Chevrolat, 1837
Polychalca cariosa (Boheman, 1850)
Polychalca decora (Perty, 1830)
Polychalca dentipennis (Boheman, 1850)
Polychalca nickerli (Spaeth, 1907)
Polychalca perforata (Boheman, 1850)
Polychalca punctatissima (Wolf, 1818)
Polychalca turpis (Boheman, 1850)

References

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