Psylliodes

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: Alticini
Genus: Psylliodes
Subgenera: P. (Eupus) – P. (Minicnema) – P. (Psylliodes) – P. (Psyllobactra) – P. (Semicnema)

Overview of species (Nearctic)

P. affinis – P. chalcomera – P. chrysocephalus – P. convexior – P. credens – P. cucullatus – P. elegans – P. guatemalensis – P. napi – P. picinus – P. punctulatus – P. sublaevis – P. verisimilis
Overview of species (Palaearctic)

P. abdominalis – P. aemulans – P. aeneolus – P. aereus – P. affinis – P. agropyri – P. algiricus – P. altimontanus – P. amplicollis – P. amurensis – P. analogicus – P. anatolicus – P. angusticeps – P. angusticollis – P. arista – P. astenicus – P. attenuatus – P. baluchistanus – P. belarbii – P. biondii – P. brettinghami – P. brisouti – P. buranganus – P. callinotus – P. caneparii – P. cantonensis – P. cerenae – P. cereolus – P. cervinoi – P. chalcomera – P. chlorophanus – P. chrysocephalus – P. chujoe – P. circumdatus – P. coelestis – P. concolor – P. crambicolus – P. cucullatus – P. cupreus – P. cupreatus – P. cyanescens – P. danieli – P. deplanatus – P. dilutellus – P. diversicolor – P. dogueti – P. drusei – P. dulcamarae – P. ellipticus – P. elongatus – P. erberi – P. fageli – P. feroniae – P. fiorellae – P. frivaldszkyi – P. fusiformis – P. gibbosus – P. glaber – P. globosus – P. gougeleti – P. grigorievi – P. gruevi – P. gyironganus – P. heikertingeri – P. hermonensis – P. heydeni – P. hispanus – P. hospes – P. huaxiensis – P. hyoscyami – P. illyricus – P. infandus – P. inflatus – P. instabilis – P. insularis – P. isatidis – P. kasnakensis – P. kiesenwetteri – P. konstantinovi – P. laevicollis – P. laevifrons – P. laticollis – P. laurisilvae – P. laxus – P. leonhardi – P. libanicolus – P. littoralis – P. longicollis – P. longicornis – P. luridipennis – P. luteolus – P. macellus – P. maculatipes – P. magnificus – P. marcidus – P. maroccanus – P. metatarsalis – P. milleri – P. moricandiae – P. napi – P. nigripennis – P. nigripes – P. nitidus – P. nyalamanus – P. obscuroaeneus – P. obscurofasciatus – P. olgae – P. ozisiki – P. pallidicolor – P. pallidicornis – P. pallidipennis – P. parodii – P. persicus – P. petasatus – P. peyerimhoffi – P. picinus – P. picipes – P. planus – P. pubipennis – P. puncticollis – P. punctifrons – P. pyrenaeus – P. pyritosus – P. reitteri – P. rhaicus – P. ridendus – P. rubroaeneus – P. ruffoi – P. ruficolor – P. rufitarsis – P. sasakii – P. saulcyi – P. schwarzi – P. semicnemis – P. solarii – P. springeri – P. stolidus – P. sturanyi – P. styriacus – P. subaeneus – P. submontanus – P. subrugosus – P. taiwanus – P. takizawai – P. tarsatus – P. tauricus – P. tenebrosus – P. tenuidentatus – P. testaceoconcolor – P. thlaspis – P. tibetanus – P. toelgi – P. tricolor – P. tsinghainus – P. umbratilis – P. urbaniae – P. validus – P. vehemens – P. vindobonensis – P. viridanus – P. wachsmanni – P. wollastoni – P. wrasei – P. wunderlei – P. yalvacensis
Overview of species (Afrotropical)

P. afromontanus – P. kikuyanus – P. manobioides – P. masai – P. montanus – P. shirensis
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Overview of species (Oriental)

P. shirus – P. sulawesianus
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Name

Psylliodes Latreille, 1829

Gender: Masculine under ICZN Art. 30.1.4.4 (no originally included adjectival species; "chrysocephala" is a noun)

Note: Gender treated as feminine in Döberl, 2010

Type species: Chrysomela chrysocephala Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation by Maulik, 1926: 124.
Synonymy

Psylliodes Berthold, 1827: 401 - Nomen nudum (no description, no originally included species)
Psylliodes Latreille, 1829: 154
Psyllides Gistel, 1856: 379 [unjustified emendation of Psylliodes Latreille, 1829] [syn.: Bezděk, 2020: 183]

References
Primary references

Berthold, A.A. 1827. Latreille´s, Natürliche Familien des Thierreichs. Aus dem Französischen. 606 pp. Gr. H. C. priv. Landes-Industrie Comptoir (Weimar). BHL Reference page.
Bezděk, J. 2020. Review of the genus-level names proposed by Johannes Gistel in Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 60(1): 173–188. DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2020.011 Open access. Reference page.
Gistel, J.N.F.X. 1856. Die Mysterien der europäischen Insectenwelt. Ein geheimer Schlüssel für Sammler aller Insecten-Ordnungen und Stände, behufs des Fangs, des Aufenhalts-Orts, der Wohnung, Tag- und Jahreszeit u.s.w., oder autoptische Darstellung des Insectenstaats in seinem Zusammenhange zum Bestehen des Naturhaushaltes überhaupt und insbesondere in seinem Einflusse auf die phanerogamische und cryptogamische Pflanzenberöltzerrung Europa’s. Zum ersten Male nach 25 jährigen eigenen Erfahrungen zusammengestellt und herausgegeben. Kempten: T. Dannheimer, xii + 530 + [2] pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.65996. Reference page.
Latreille, P.A. 1829. Tome V. Suite et fin des insectes. In: Cuvier G.: Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée, Nouvelle édition, revue et augmentée. Déterville, Paris, xxii + 556 pp. BHL Reference page.
Maulik, S. 1926. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae (Chrysomelinae and Halticinae). Taylor and Francis, London, 442 pp. BHL.

Additional references

Biondi, M. & D'Alessandro, P. 2017. Psylliodes urbaniae: a new species from Central Apennines (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini). Onychium 13: 121–130. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.495568 Open access. PDF. Reference page.
Biondi, M. & D'Alessandro, P. 2018. Two new species of the flea beetle genus Psylliodes Latreille of the montana species-group from Eastern Africa (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Fragmenta Entomologica 50(2): 87–93. DOI: 10.13133/2284-4880/305 Open access. Reference page.
Biondi, M. & D'Alessandro, P. 2019. Psylliodes shirensis, a new replacement name for Psylliodes shira Biondi & D’Alessandro (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Fragmenta Entomologica 51(1): 27. DOI: 10.13133/2284-4880/340 Open access. Reference page.
Cox, M.L. 1998. The genus Psylliodes Latreille (Chrysomelidae: Alticinae) in the U.K. with keys to the adults of all species and to the larvae of those species feeding on Brassicaceae. Coleopterist 7(2): 33–65. PDF
Döberl, M. 2009. Contribution to the knowledge of Alticinae from Nepal (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Vernate 28: 413–420. PDF.
Döberl, M. 2010. Subfamily Alticinae Newman, 1835. Pp. 491–563. 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. [Note: Gender treated as feminine]
Gikonyo, M.W., Biondi, M. & Beran, F. 2019. Adaptation of flea beetles to Brassicaceae: host plant associations and geographic distribution of Psylliodes Latreille and Phyllotreta Chevrolat (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). Pp 51–73 in Schmitt, M., Chaboo, C.S. & Biondi, M. (Eds) 2019. Research on Chrysomelidae 8. ZooKeys 856: 1–196. Reference page. . DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.856.33724 Reference page.
Löbl, I. & Smetana, A.. 2011. Errata to Volumes 1 to 6. Pp. 23–63. In: Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 7. Curculionoidea I. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark. 373 pp. ISBN 978-87-88757-93-4. Google Books.
Medvedev, L.N. 2015. New and poorly known Oriental Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) in the collection of the Naturkundemuseum Erfurt. Vernate 34: 319–335. PDF. Reference page.
Nadein, K.S. 2007. Review of the glaber species-group of the genus Psylliodes Latr. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini). Genus 18(3): 433–471. PDF
Nadein, K.S. 2007. Review of the cucullatus species group of the genus Psylliodes Latreille (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae). Genus 18(4): 637–660. PDF
Nadein, K.S. 2007. On the taxonomy and classification of the genus Psylliodes Latreille, 1825 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae). Entomologica Basiliensia et Collectionis Frey 29: 307–332. Full article: [1]
Nadein, K.S. 2008. Review of the Psylliodes gibbosus species group, with descriptions of two new species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae). Koleopterologische Rundschau 78: 333–366. PDF
Riley, E.G., Clark, S.M. & Seeno, T.N. 2003. Catalog of the leaf beetles of America North of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopididae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Coleopterists Society, Special Publication No. 1. Sacramento, CA. 290 pp. ISBN 978-0-9726087-1-8. PDF. Reference page. [Note: Gender treated as masculine]
Takizawa, H. 2015. Notes on Japanese Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera), III. Elytra (n.s.) 5(1): 233–250. PDF.

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Nomenclator Zoologicus

Psylliodes is a large genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 200 described species worldwide.
Selected species

Psylliodes affinis (Paykull, 1799) (potato flea beetle)
Psylliodes chalcomera (Illiger, 1807)
Psylliodes chrysocephala (Linnaeus, 1758) (cabbage stem flea beetle)
Psylliodes convexior J. L. LeConte, 1857 (hop flea beetle)
Psylliodes credens Fall, 1933
Psylliodes cucullatus (Illiger, 1807)
Psylliodes elegans Horn, 1889
Psylliodes guatemalensis Jacoby, 1885
Psylliodes luteolus (Müller, 1776)
Psylliodes napi (Fabricius, 1792)
Psylliodes picinus (Marsham, 1802)
Psylliodes punctulatus F. E. Melsheimer, 1847 (hop flea beetle)
Psylliodes sublaevis Horn, 1889
Psylliodes verisimilis Fall, 1933

References

Löbl, Ivan; Smetana, Aleš (2010). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. ISBN 9788788757842.