Aporocera

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: 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: Cryptocephalinae
Tribus: Cryptocephalini
Subtribus: Cryptocephalina
Genus: Aporocera
Subgenera: A. (Aporocera) – A. (Diandichus)
Overview of species (148)

A. absonus – A. acenteta – A. aciculata – A. aegra – A. aeneola – A. aerea – A. albilinea – A. albopicta – A. analis – A. antennalis – A. apicalis – A. appendiculata – A. argentata – A. atra – A. atramentaria – A. attenuata – A. auriculata – A. aurifera – A. australis – A. basizonis – A. bellicosa – A. bicolor – A. bihamata – A. blanda – A. bynoei – A. cariniventris – A. casta – A. castigata – A. castor – A. catoxantha – A. chalcea – A. chalybea – A. chrysomelina – A. clara – A. clavicornis – A. clypealis – A. coelestis – A. collaris – A. comosa – A. composita – A. compta – A. confinis – A. conjugata – A. conjugata – A. consors – A. conspicienda – A. contigua – A. convexicollis – A. cyanipennis – A. cyanophana – A. daemoniaca – A. darwinii – A. decens – A. dichroa – A. difficilis – A. discoidea – A. disconigra – A. distorta – A. dolens – A. erosa – A. erudita – A. erythrotis – A. eumolpus – A. facialis – A. fasciata – A. flaviventris – A. foveiventris – A. fuscitarsis – A. genialis – A. gibba – A. gracilior – A. gravata – A. haematodes – A. hispida – A. immatura – A. impressicollis – A. impressifrons – A. inconstans – A. iridipennis – A. jacksoni – A. jenolanensis – A. jocosa – A. laeviuscula – A. lagopa – A. larina – A. lateriflava – A. libertina – A. lilliputana – A. lugubris – A. marginipennis – A. mediocris – A. melanocephala – A. mercator – A. metallica – A. microscopica – A. mitifica – A. mixta – A. nigripennis – A. nigrolineata – A. obtusa – A. ornatipennis – A. pallens – A. pallidipes – A. palmerstoni – A. parens – A. parenthetica – A. paupercula – A. pauxillus – A. pectoralis – A. perparva – A. piceitarsis – A. plaginota – A. poecilodermis – A. pollux – A. proxima – A. pulchella – A. pura – A. purpureotincta – A. quadratipennis – A. rubicunda – A. rufescens – A. rufescens – A. rufoterminalis – A. rutilans – A. scabiosa – A. scabrosa – A. sculptilis – A. semibrunnea – A. semicostata – A. serena – A. socia – A. speciosa – A. stenocera – A. sturmii – A. subvirens – A. t-viride – A. tasmanica – A. tenebricosa – A. terminalis – A. trispila – A. variipennis – A. vermicularis – A. verticalis – A. vicaria – A. virgata – A. viridinitens – A. viridipennis – A. viridis
Name

Aporocera Saunders, 1842: 68

Type species: Aporocera apicalis Saunders, 1842, by subsequent designation by Baly, 1877: 28.
Synonymy

Ochrosopsis Saunders, 1843: 59
Type species: Ochrosopsis australis Saunders, 1843, by subsequent designation by Saunders, 1845: 152
Diandichus Chapuis, 1874: 165
Type species: Diandichus analis Chapuis, 1874, by monotypy.

References
Primary references

Baly, J.S. 1877. Descriptions of new genera and species of Phytophagous Beetles belonging to the family Cryptocephalidae, together with diagnoses and remarks on previously described genera. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1877: 23–36. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1877.tb02899.x Paywall. BHL. Reference page.
Chapuis, F. 1874. Tome dixième. 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. iv + 445 pp. BHL Reference page.
Reid, C.A.M. 1990. Systematics of the Australian Cryptocephalinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Ph.D., Canberra: Australian National University. DOI: 10.25911/5d723ed4eef6e, hdl: 1885/12539 Open access. [Chariderma, Chloroplisma, Cyphodera, Loxopleurus, Melinobius, Rhombosternus, Schizosternus proposed as synonyms (not valid nomenclatural acts)]
Saunders, W.W. 1842. On Aporocera, a new genus of Coleoptera allied to Clythra, from New Holland. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10(62): 68–69. [In: Proceedings of Learned Societies DOI: 10.1080/03745484209445197 Paywall.] BHL Reference page.
Saunders, W.W. 1843. Continuation of a memoir on the Chrysomelidae of New Holland, allied to Cryptocephalus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11(67): 59. [In: Proceedings of Learned Societies. Entomological Society DOI: 10.1080/03745484309445265 Paywall.] BHL Reference page.
Saunders, W.W. 1845: Descriptions of the Chrysomelidae of Australia, allied to the genus Cryptocephalus. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 4(2): 141-154. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1845.tb01349.x BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Aporocera – Taxon details on Atlas of Living Australia (ALA).
Australian Faunal Directory (AFD)

Aporocera is a genus of leaf beetles commonly called case bearing leaf beetles in the subfamily Cryptocephalinae. Aporocera are well represented in all states of Australia[1] and consist of 148 species in two subspecies.[2]

The adults are roughly cylindrical in shape and have long antennae, more-so for males.

They are common on Eucalyptus including Eucalyptus globulus but are usually not a problem.

Eggs are about 1mm and are laid inside faecal pellets. When the larvae hatch, they work a hole in one end and remain in the faecal case as they feed on leaf litter on the forest floor. When they pupate, they seal their case again. [1]

References

"Aporocera Saunders, 1842". Atlas of Living Australia.
"Statistics for Aporocera Saunders, 1842". Australian Faunal Directory. Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2015-11-29.