Monocesta is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles and flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are at least three described species in Monocesta.[1][2][3][4][5]
| Monocesta | |
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| Monocesta coryli | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Tribe: | Galerucini |
| Genus: | Monocesta H. Clark, 1865 |
Species
editThese three species belong to the genus Monocesta:
- Monocesta coryli (Say, 1824) i c g b (larger elm leaf beetle)
- Monocesta equestris Clark, 1865 g
- Monocesta illustris Clark, 1865 g
Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]
References
edit- ^ a b "Monocesta Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ a b "Browse Monocesta". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ a b "Monocesta". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ a b "Monocesta Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ "North American Cryptocephalus species (Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae)". Texas Entomology. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
Further reading
edit- Nie, R-E; Bezděk, J.; Yang, X-K (2017). "How many genera and species of Galerucinae s. str. do we know? Updated statistics (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). In: Chaboo CS, Schmitt M (Eds) Research on Chrysomelidae". ZooKeys (720): 91–102. Bibcode:2017ZooK..720...91N. doi:10.3897/zookeys.720.13517. PMC 5740445. PMID 29290727.
- Wilcox, John A. (1965). A Synopsis of the North American Galerucinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). New York State Museum and Science Service.
- 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.
External links
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Media related to Monocesta at Wikimedia Commons
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