Dicranosterna

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: Chrysomelinae
Tribus: Chrysomelini
Subtribus: Gonioctenina
Genus: Dicranosterna
Species (36): D. abdominalis – D. aeraria – D. alessandrae – D. bicolor – D. bipuncticollis – D. circe – D. coccinelloides – D. contracta – D. foraminosa – D. globata – D. globulosa – D. hastata – D. hemisphaerica – D. immaculata – D. lateralis – D. limbata – D. mimula – D. ngarinmana – D. nigrosuturalis – D. novemlineata – D. oblonga – D. palmensis – D. picea – D. prolixa – D. rubeola – D. ruffoi – D. selene – D. semipunctata – D. septentrionalis – D. stali – D. subaeraria – D. subovalis – D. trimorpha – D. umbrata – D. valica – D. vexabilis
Name

Dicranosterna Motschulsky, 1860
Synonymy

Dicranosterna Motschulsky, 1860: 193
Type species: Paropsis picea Olivier, 1807, by original designation.
Trochalodes Weise, 1901: 167
Type species: Paropsis circe Stål, 1860, by subsequent designation by Kelly & Reid (1999: 265). [syn. Reid (2006: 61)]
Paropsimelina Daccordi, 2005: 622
Type species: Paropsimelina alessandrae Daccordi, 2005, by original designation. [syn. Reid (2006: 61)]

References
Primary references

Daccordi, M. 2005: A new genus and a new species of Paropsina from Western Australia (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae, Chrysomelinae). Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali Monografie (Turin), 42: 621–627.
Kelly, P.G. & Reid, C.A.M. 1999. Designation of type species for the genera of Australian paropsine beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 57(2): 263–266. DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.1999.57.15 Open access. Reference page.
Motschulsky, V. de 1860. Coléoptères rapportés de la Sibérie orientale et notamment des pays situeés sur les bords du fleuve Amour par MM. Schrenck, Maack, Ditmar, Voznessensky etc. déterminés et décrits. In: Schrenck L. (ed) Reisen und Forschungen im Amur-Lande in den Jahren 1854–1856 im Auftrage der Kaiserl. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu St. Petersburg ausgeführt und in Verbindung mit mehreren Gelehrten herausgegeben. Band II. Zweite Lieferung. Coleopteren. St. Petersburg: Eggers & Comp., pp. 80–257 + [1 (Errata)], pls. VI–XI, 1 map. BHL Reference page.
Reid, C.A.M. 2006. A taxonomic revision of the Australian Chrysomelinae, with a key to the genera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Zootaxa 1292: 1–119. Abstract & excerpt. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1292.1.1 Open access. PDF (partA). PDF (partB). [Erratum: 1306: 68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1306.1.6 Paywall.] Reference page.

Additional references

Daccordi, M. 2003: New species of Chrysomelinae in the Northern Territory (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae, Chrysomelinae). Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali Monografie (Turin), 35: 461–502.

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Dicranosterna is a genus of leaf beetles, in the subfamily Chrysomelinae.

These beetles are hemispherical and the larvae are globular (spherical).[1] The elytra have coarse punctures which are non striate (non aligned).

There are 36 species[2] and they occur throughout Australia.[3]

Dicranosterna is endemic to Australia. Host-plant is Acacia The record for Eucalyptus (Jolivet and Hawkeswood 1995) is erroneous (Reid 2002c). Larvae are globular, with inconspicuous setae and a pair of dorsal glands, and lack apicoventral (rear) pseudopoda (prolegs).[4]

Species

Dicranosterna abdominalis Chapuis, 1877
Dicranosterna aeraria (Chapuis, 1877)]]
Dicranosterna alessandrae (Daccordi, 2005)
Dicranosterna bicolor (Daccordi, 2003)
Dicranosterna bipuncticollis (Chapuis, 1877)
Dicranosterna circe (Stål, 1860)
Dicranosterna coccinelloides (Olivier, 1807)
Dicranosterna contracta (Chapuis, 1877)
Dicranosterna foraminosa (Chapuis, 1877)
Dicranosterna globata (Chapuis, 1877)
Dicranosterna globulosa (Chapuis, 1877)
Dicranosterna hastata (Chapuis, 1877)
Dicranosterna hemisphaerica (Chapuis, 1877)
Dicranosterna immaculata (Marsham, 1808)
Dicranosterna lateralis (Blackburn, 1893)
Dicranosterna limbata (Weise, 1917)
Dicranosterna mimulav (Blackburn, 1890)
Dicranosterna ngarinmana (Daccordi, 2003)
Dicranosterna nigrosuturalis (Lea, 1924)
Dicranosterna novemlineata (Lea, 1924)
Dicranosterna oblonga (Chapuis, 1877)
Dicranosterna palmensis (Blackburn, 1896)
Dicranosterna picea (Olivier, 1807)
Dicranosterna prolixa (Weise, 1917)
Dicranosterna rubeola (Chapuis, 1877)
Dicranosterna ruffoi Daccordi, 2003
Dicranosterna selene (Blackburn, 1901)
Dicranosterna semipunctata (Chapuis, 1877)
Dicranosterna septentrionalis (Weise, 1917)
Dicranosterna stali (Chapuis, 1877)
Dicranosterna subaeraria (Lea, 1924)
Dicranosterna subovalis (Chapuis, 1877)
Dicranosterna trimorpha (Lea, 1924)
Dicranosterna umbrata (Chapuis, 1877)
Dicranosterna valica Daccordi, 2003
Dicranosterna vexabilis Weise, 1917

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