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Beetles in the family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles. This is a family
Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is a taxonomic rank. Exact details of formal nomenclature depend on the Nomenclature Codes which applies....
 of over 35,000 species
Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring....
 in more than 2,500 genera
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
, one of the largest and most commonly-encountered of all beetle families.

Leaf beetles are partially recognizable by their tarsal formula, which appears to be 4-4-4, but is actually 5-5-5. They are distinguished with difficulty from long-horned beetles (family Cerambycidae) by the antennae
Antenna (biology)

Antennae are paired appendages connected to the front-most morphogenesis of arthropods. In crustaceans, they are biramous and present on the first two segments of the head, with the smaller pair known as antennules....
 NOT arising from frontal tubercle
Tubercle

A tubercle is generally a wart-like projection, but it has slightly different meaning depending on which family of plants or animals it is used to refer to....
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Beetles in the family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles. This is a family
Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is a taxonomic rank. Exact details of formal nomenclature depend on the Nomenclature Codes which applies....
 of over 35,000 species
Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring....
 in more than 2,500 genera
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
, one of the largest and most commonly-encountered of all beetle families.

Leaf beetles are partially recognizable by their tarsal formula, which appears to be 4-4-4, but is actually 5-5-5. They are distinguished with difficulty from long-horned beetles (family Cerambycidae) by the antennae
Antenna (biology)

Antennae are paired appendages connected to the front-most morphogenesis of arthropods. In crustaceans, they are biramous and present on the first two segments of the head, with the smaller pair known as antennules....
 NOT arising from frontal tubercle
Tubercle

A tubercle is generally a wart-like projection, but it has slightly different meaning depending on which family of plants or animals it is used to refer to....
s. Adult and larva
Larva

A larva is a young form of animal with indirect developmental biology, going through or undergoing metamorphosis .The larva can look completely different from the adult form, for example, a caterpillar differs from a butterfly....
l leaf beetles feed on all sorts of plant tissue. Many are economically important pests of agriculture, for example the Colorado potato beetle
Colorado potato beetle

The Colorado potato beetle , also known as the Colorado beetle, ten-striped spearman, the ten-lined potato beetle) is an important pest of potato crops....
 (Leptinotarsa decemlineata), the asparagus beetle
Asparagus beetle

Crioceris or asparagus beetle is a genus of the family Chrysomelidae of beetles. The name is New Latin from Greek ?????, Domestic sheep and wikt:???a?, horn....
 (Crioceris asparagi), the cereal leaf beetle
Cereal leaf beetle

The cereal leaf beetle is an agricultural pest and biological pest control success story. The beetle is mostly blue-black in color, with an area of deep red just behind the head....
 (Oulema melanopus), and various flea beetle
Flea beetle

Flea beetles is a general name applied to the small, jumping beetles of the leaf beetle family . They make up the tribe Alticini, which is a part of the subfamily Galerucinae, though they were historically classified as a subfamily in their own right....
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Classification


  • Subfamily Bruchinae Latreille, 1802
  • Subfamily Chrysomelinae
    Chrysomelinae

    The Chrysomelinae are a subfamily of leaf beetles . There are some 2000 species, found worldwide. The most well-known member is the notorious Colorado potato beetle ....
     Latreille, 1802
  • Subfamily Criocerinae
    Criocerinae

    The Criocerinae are a subfamily of the leaf beetles, or Chrysomelidae....
     Latreille, 1804
  • Subfamily Cryptocephalinae
    Cryptocephalinae

    Cryptocephalinae is a subfamily Category:subfamily of the leaf beetles , and belong to the group of case-bearing leaf beetles called the Camptosomata....
     Gyllenhal, 1813
  • Subfamily Donaciinae
    Donaciinae

    The Donaciinae are a subfamily of the leaf beetles, or Chrysomelidae, characterised by distinctly long antenna ....
     Kirby, 1837
  • Subfamily Eumolpinae
    Eumolpinae

    The Eumolpinae are a subfamily of the leaf beetles, or Chrysomelidae....
     Hope, 1840
  • Subfamily Galerucinae
    Galerucinae

    The Galerucinae are a subfamily of the leaf beetles . It includes the flea beetles in tribe Alticini.The division into 5 tribes is more a matter of traditional than based on modern research....
     Latreille, 1802
  • Subfamily Hispinae
    Hispinae

    The Hispinae are a subfamily of the leaf beetles, or Chrysomelidae. It includes both the traditional Hispines plus the former "cassidines", now split up within the Hispinae, including the tribe Cassidini, with a total of over 125 genera in numerous tribes....
     Gyllenhal, 1813
  • Subfamily Lamprosomatinae
    Lamprosomatinae

    The Lamprosomatinae are a small subfamily of leaf beetles . They belong to the case-bearing Camptosomata. It conmtains the following genera :* Lamprosoma Kirby, 1818...
     Lacordaire, 1848
  • Subfamily Sagrinae Leach, 1815
  • Subfamily Spilopyrinae Chapuis, 1874


One of the present subfamilies (Bruchinae) was, until recently, considered a separate family, while two former subfamilies are presently considered families (Orsodacnidae
Orsodacnidae

The Orsodacnidae are a small family of leaf beetles, previously included as a subfamily within the Chrysomelidae....
 and Megalopodidae
Megalopodidae

The Megalopodidae are a small family of leaf beetles, previously included as a subfamily within the Chrysomelidae. One of its constituent subfamilies, Zeugophorinae, which contains a single genus, has also frequently been treated as a subfamily within Chrysomelidae....
). Other commonly-recognized subfamilies have recently been grouped with other subfamilies, usually reducing them to tribal rank (e.g., the former Cassidinae, Alticinae, Chlamisinae, and Clytrinae).

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