Galerucini

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: Galerucinae
Tribus: Galerucini

Genera assigned to informal sections (after Seeno & Wilcox, 1982):

Section Apophyliites: Apophylia – Apterogaleruca – Arima – Belarima – Cydippa – Geinella – Geinula – Hirtigaleruca – Metalepta – Nyctidromas – Parageina – Parapophylia – Pseudadimonia – Pseudapophylia – Pterophthinus – Rupilia
Section Atysites: Atysa – Chujoa – Diorhabda – Eugaleruca – Galerosastra – Galerotella – Galerucella – Hoplostines – Lochmaea – Luperocella – Megaleruca – Mimastracella – Pyrrhalta – Radymna – Tarachodia – Tricholochmaea – Xanthogaleruca
Section Coelomerites: Alphidia – Anadimonia – Apteroyinga – Arimetus – Austrochorina – Brachyruca – Buphonida – Calaina – Caraguata – Cerochroa – Chorina – Clitena – Clitenella – Clitenososia – Coelocrania – Coelomera – Conchocera – Coraia – Derospidea – Dicoelotrachelus – Dircema – Dircemella – Doryxena – Doryxenoides – Dreeus – Dyserythra – Dysiodes – Eupachytoma – Galerumaea – Gronovius – Hemiphracta – Hovaliana – Hymenesia – Itylus – Leptoxena – Malacotheria – Marmina – Menippus – Miraces – Momaea – Mombasa – Monocesta – Monocestoides – Morokasia – Narichona – Neophaestus – Nestinus – Nirina – Nirinoides – Notonicea – Nototrichaspis – Orthoxia – Orthoxioides – Pachytomellina – Paraclitena – Paumomua – Periclitena – Platycesta – Pleronexis – Plesistia – Polysastra – Poneridia – Porphytoma – Salaminia – Sastra – Sastracella – Sastroides – Schematizella – Socorroita – Strumatea – Syphaxia – Therpis – Trirhabda – Zangastra
Section Galerucites: Galeruca – Pallasiola – Theone
Section Schematizites: Brucita – Chlorolochmaea – Erynephala – Itaitubana – Iucetima – Metrogaleruca – Monoxia – Neolochmaea – Ophraea – Ophraella – Platynocera – Schematiza – Yingaresca

Unsorted genera (?): Bryantiella – Buphonella – Gonaives – Halticopsis – Pseudespera
Name

Galerucini Latreille, 1802

Type genus: Galeruca Geoffroy, 1762
Synonymy

Galerucae Latreille, 1802: 228
Galerucites: Chapuis, 1875: 220
Galerucini: Laboissière, 1921: 33
Galerucina: Laboissière, 1934: 7
Coelomerites Chapuis, 1875: 196
Coelomerini: Leng, 1920: 296
Coelomerina: Laboissière, 1934: 7
Atysites Chapuis, 1875: 192
Atysini: Leng, 1920: 296
Apophyliites Chapuis, 1875: 182
Apophyliini: Weise, 1923: 124
Apophyliina: Laboissière, 1934: 7
Rupiliites Chapuis, 1875: 213
Rupilinae: Jacoby, 1899: 83
Schematizites Chapuis, 1875: 195
Mombasicites Laboissière, 1922: 230
Chorini Weise, 1923: 124
Chorinina: Laboissière, 1934: 8
Leptosonychini Weise, 1924: 180
Theonina Laboissière, 1934: 7

References
Primary references

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Jacoby, M. 1899. Some new genera and species of phytophagous Coleoptera from India and Ceylon. (Concluded from p. 70.). The Entomologist 32: 80–84. BHL.
Laboissière, V. 1921. Étude des Galerucini de la collection du Musee du Congo Belge. Première partie. Revue Zoologique Africaine 9: 33–86. BHL.
Laboissière, V. 1922. Étude des Galerucini de la collection du Musee du Congo Belge. Première partie (fin). Revue Zoologique Africaine 10: 219–271. BHL.
Laboissière, V. 1934. Galerucinae de la faune française (Coléoptères). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 103: 1–108. Gallica.
Latreille, P.A. 1802. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes. Ouvrage faisant suite à l’histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs sociétés savantes. Familles naturelles des genres. Tome troisième. F. Dufart, Paris, xii + pp. 13–467 + [1 (errata)]. BHL Reference page.
Leng, C.W. 1920. Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico. John D. Sherman, Jr., Mount Vernon, New York, x + 470 pp. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Arnett, R.H. & Thomas, M.C. 2002. American Beetles. Vol. 2. Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. 861 pp. ISBN 0-8493-0954-9.
Beenen, R. 2010. Galerucinae Latreille, 1802. Pp. 443–491. In: Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark. 924 pp. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2. Google Books. Reference page.
Biondi, M. & D'Alessandro, P. 2012. Afrotropical flea beetle genera: a key to their identification, updated catalogue and biogeographical analysis (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini). ZooKeys 253: 1–158. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.253.3414 Open access. Reference page. [Buphonella and Halticopsis transferred to Galerucini]
Bouchard, P., Bousquet, Y., Davies, A.E., Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A., Lawrence, J.F., Lyal, C.H.C., Newton, A.F., Reid, C.A.M., Schmitt, M., Ślipiński, S.A. & Smith, A.B.T. 2011. Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys 88: 1–972. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.88.807 Open access. PMC: 3088472 Open access. Reference page.
Clark, S.M. 1987. An Unusual New Genus and Species of Galerucine Beetle from Haiti (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 41(2): 167–170. JSTOR Hybrid open access journal.
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Prathapan, K.D. 2016. Revision of the legume-feeding leaf beetle genus Madurasia Jacoby, including a new species description (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Galerucini). In: Jolivet, P., Santiago-Blay, J. & Schmitt, M. (Eds.) Research on Chrysomelidae 6. ZooKeys 597: 57–79. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.597.7520 Open access. Reference page.
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Viswajyothi, K. & Clark, S.M. 2020. Apteroyinga andrewsi sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Galerucini), an anomalous new genus and new species of flightless beetle from Costa Rica. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 96(3): 227–237. DOI: 10.3956/2020-96.3.227 Paywall. ResearchGate Open access. Reference page.
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Galerucini is a tribe of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are more than 70 genera and at least 480 described species in Galerucini.[1][2][3]
Genera

These 76 genera belong to the tribe Galerucini:

Anadimonia Ogloblin, 1936
Apophylia Chevrolat, 1836
Apterogaleruca Chûjô, 1962
Apteroyinga
Arima Chapuis, 1875
Arimetus Jacoby, 1903
Atysa Baly, 1864
Austrochorina Bechyné, 1963
Belarima Reitter, 1913
Brucita Wilcox, 1965
Buphonella Jacoby, 1903
Calaina Schaufuss, 1887
Caraguata Bechyné, 1954
Cerochroa Gerstaecker, 1855
Clitena Baly, 1864
Clitenella Laboissière, 1927
Clitenososia Laboissière, 1931
Coelomera Chevrolat, 1836
Coraia H. Clark, 1865
Cydippa Chapuis, 1875
Derospidea Blake, 1931
Diorhabda Weise, 1883 (salt cedar beetles)
Dircema Clark, 1865
Dircemella Weise, 1902
Doryxenoides Laboissière, 1927
Erynephala Blake, 1936
Eupachytoma Laboissière, 1940
Galerosastra Laboissière, 1929
Galeruca Geoffroy, 1762
Galerucella Crotch, 1873 (water-lily beetles)
Hallirhotius Jacoby, 1888
Hemiphracta Weise, 1902
Hirtigaleruca Chûjô, 1962
Hoplostines Blackburn, 1890
Hymenesia Clark, 1865
Itaitubana Bechyne, 1963
Iucetima Moura, 1998
Lochmaea Weise, 1883
Luperocella Jacoby, 1900
Mahutia Laboissière, 1918
Malacotheria Fairmaire, 1881
Megaleruca Laboissière, 1922 (celtis leaf beetles)
Menippus Clark, 1864
Metalepta Baly, 1861
Metrogaleruca Bechyné & Bechyné, 1969
Mimastracella Jacoby, 1903
Miraces Jacoby, 1888 (miraces)
Monocesta H. Clark, 1865
Monoxia J. L. LeConte, 1865
Neolochmaea Laboissière, 1939
Nestinus Clark, 1865
Ophraea Jacoby, 1886
Ophraella Wilcox, 1965
Pallasiola Jacobson, 1925
Parapophylia Laboissière, 1922
Periclitena Weise, 1902
Platynocera Blanchard, 1846
Pleronexis Weise, 1908
Polysastra Shute, 1983
Poneridia Weise, 1908
Porphytoma Jacoby, 1903
Pseudadimonia Duvivier, 1891
Pseudapophylia Jacoby, 1903
Pseudosastra
Pyrrhalta Joannis, 1865
Rupilia Clark, 1864
Sastracella Jacoby, 1900
Schematiza Chevrolat, 1836
Schematizella Jacoby, 1888
Syphaxia Baly, 1866
Taiwanoshaira
Theone Gistel, 1857
Tricholochmaea Laboissière, 1932
Trirhabda J. L. LeConte, 1865
Xanthogaleruca Laboissière, 1934
Yingaresca J.Bechyné, 1956

References

"Galerucini Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
"Galerucini tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.