Graphops is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. There are 19 described species in Graphops, all from North America.[4][5][6][7] Most species have limited flight capabilities, due to poorly developed wings,[8] and at least one species is known to be flightless.[9]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Eumolpinae |
| Tribe: | Typophorini |
| Genus: | Graphops LeConte, 1884[1] |
| Type species | |
| Heteraspis nebulosa LeConte, 1859
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According to BugGuide and ITIS, the genus is now placed in the tribe Typophorini instead of Adoxini.[7][4]
Species
editThese 19 species belong to the genus Graphops:
- Graphops barberi Blake, 1955 i c g[8]
- Graphops beryllina LeConte, 1884 i c g b[1]
- Graphops cavani Clark & Heninger, 2016[9]
- Graphops comosa Blake, 1955 i c g b[8] (Monahans sandhill chrysomelid)
- Graphops curtipennis (F. E. Melsheimer, 1847) i c g b
- Graphops exilis Blake, 1955 i c g[8]
- Graphops floridana Blake, 1955 i c g[8]
- Graphops marcassita (Crotch, 1873) i c g b[10]
- Graphops nebulosa (LeConte, 1859) i c g b[2]
- Graphops nigella Blake, 1955 i c g b[8]
- Graphops obscura LeConte, 1884 i c g[1]
- Graphops pubescens (F. E. Melsheimer, 1847) i c g b
- Graphops punctata Blake, 1955 i c g[8]
- Graphops simplex LeConte, 1884 i c g b[1]
- Graphops smaragdula (LeConte, 1859) i c g[2]
- Graphops tenuis Blake, 1955 i c g[8]
- Graphops varians LeConte, 1884 i c g[1]
- Graphops viridis Blake, 1955 i c g b[8]
- Graphops wyomingensis Blake, 1955 i c g[8]
Data sources: i = ITIS,[4] c = Catalogue of Life,[5] g = GBIF,[6] b = Bugguide.net[7]
Doubtful species:[8]
- Graphops bicolor (Lefèvre, 1877)
- Graphops cupraea (Provancher, 1878)
References
edit- ^ a b c d e LeConte, J. L. (1884). "Short Studies of North American Coleoptera. (No. 2)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 12: 1–32. doi:10.2307/25076447. JSTOR 25076447.
- ^ a b c LeConte, J. L. (1859). "The Coleoptera of Kansas and eastern New Mexico". Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. 11: i–vi, 1–58. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.18986.
- ^ Daccordi, M. (1977). "Coleotteri Crisomelidi dell'Isola di Creta e descrizione di una nuova specie del genere Pachnephorus Redtenbacher (Coleoptera-Chrysomelidae)". Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona. 4: 81–93.
- ^ a b c "Graphops Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
- ^ a b "Browse Graphops". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
- ^ a b "Graphops". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
- ^ a b c "Graphops Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Blake, D. H. (1955). "A study of LeConte's species of the chrysomelid genus Graphops with descriptions of some new species". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 113 (4): 263–301.
- ^ a b Clark, Shawn M.; Heninger, Amanda J. (2016). "A Flightless New Species of Graphops Leconte, 1884 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) from Utah, USA". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 70 (1): 171–176. doi:10.1649/072.070.0125. S2CID 87771027.
- ^ Crotch, G. R. (1873). "Materials for the Study of the Phytophaga of the United States". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 25 (1): 19–83. JSTOR 4624297.
Further reading
edit- Riley, Edward G.; Clark, Shawn M.; Seeno, Terry N. (2003). Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Special Publication No. 1. The Coleopterists' Society. ISBN 978-0-9726087-1-8.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26091-7.