Calomela

Calomela bartoni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chrysomeloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Cladus: Phytophaga Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Chrysomelinae
Tribus: Chrysomelini
Genus: Calomela
Species: C. acaciae – C. acervata – C. aeneonitens – C. apicalis – C. australica – C. bartoni – C. cingulata – C. colorata – C. crassicornis – C. curtisi – C. distinguenda – C. eyrei – C. foveicollis – C. fugitiva – C. fulvilabris – C. gloriosa – C. imperialis – C. inornata – C. intemerata – C. ioptera – C. jansoni – C. juncta – C. laticollis – C. macleayi – C. maculicollis – C. micans – C. moorei – C. nigra – C. nigripennis – C. pallida – C. parilis – C. picticornis – C. pubiceps – C. pulchella – C. regalis – C. relicta – C. ruficeps – C. satelles – C. selmani – C. sumptuosa – C. suturalis – C. tarsalis – C. testacea – C. vacillans – C. vittata – C. waterhousei – ?C. nitidipennis
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Name

Calomela Hope, 1840: 166

Type species: Chrysomela curtisi Kirby, 1819, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Australica Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836: 402 [nomen oblitum in Chu & Reid, 2018]
  • Type species: Chrysomela curtisi Kirby, 1819, by subsequent designation by Chevrolat, 1843: 656.
• Callimela Agassiz, 1846: 533 [unnecessary emendation of Calomela Hope, 1840]
• Lamprotoptera Motschulsky, 1860: 217 [syn. conf. Reid, 2006: 53]
  • Type species: Chrysomela maculicollis Boisduval, 1835, by original designation.
• Tetratica Motschulsky, 1860: 201 [syn. conf. Reid, 2006: 53]
  • Type species: Chrysomela ruficeps Boisduval, 1835, by original designation.
• Carystea Baly, 1865: 33 [syn. conf. Reid, 2006: 53]
  • Type species: Australica waterhousei Baly, 1864, by original designation.
• Paralepta Baly, 1878: 474 [syn. conf. Reid, 2006: 53]
  • Type species: Paralepta foveicollis Baly, 1878, by original designation.
• Calolina Lhoste, 1934 [syn. conf. Reid, 2006: 53]
  • Type species: Calolina geminata Lhoste, 1934 [= Chrysomela acaciae Lea, 1916], by original designation.
• Platysocia Lhoste, 1934 [syn. conf. Reid, 2006: 53]
  • Type species: Platysocia parallela Lhoste, 1934 [= Carystea inornata Baly, 1865], by original designation.
• Lamecola Selman, 1976: 681 [syn. conf. Reid, 2006: 53]
  • Type species: Calomela laticollis Lea, 1916, by original designation.
• Starycea Selman, 1977: 133 [syn. conf. Reid, 2006: 53]
  • Type species: Carystea jansoni Baly, 1865, by original designation.
• Parastarycea Selman, 1977: 138 [syn. conf. Reid, 2006: 53]
  • Type species: Carystea micans Baly, 1876, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Baly, J.S. 1865. Descriptions of new genera and species of Phytophaga. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (ser. 3) 15(85): 33–38. DOI: 10.1080/00222936508681756 . BHL. Reference page. 
• Baly, J.S. 1878. Descriptions of Genera and Species of Australian Phytophagous Beetles. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 13(72): 458–479. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1878.tb00020_459.x . BHL.
• Blackburn, T. 1899. Further Notes on Australian Coleoptera, with Descriptions of New Genera and Species. XXV. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 23(1): 22–101. BHL Reference page. 
• Chevrolat, L.A.A. 1836. [new taxa]. In: Dejean, P.F.M.A. Catalogue des Coléoptères de la collection de M. le comte Dejean. Deuxième édition. [Livraison 5]. Paris: Méquignon-Marvis Père et Fils. pp. 361–443. BHL. Reference page. 
• Chevrolat, L.A.A. 1843. Articulés [new taxa]. In: d'Orbigny, C. (ed.) Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle. Tome troisième [Vol. 3]. Paris: Bureau principal de l'éditeur. 744 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Chu, H.V. & Reid, C. 2018. A new species of Calomela Hope in Southeastern Australia and validation of the generic name (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae). The Australian Entomologist 45(4): 475–488. Abstract. Reference page. 
• Hope, F.W. 1841 ("1840"). The coleopterist's manual, part the third, containing various families, genera, and species, of beetles, recorded by Linneus and Fabricius. Also, descriptions of newly discovered and unpublished insects. London : J.C. Bridgewater and Bowdery & Kerby. 191 pp. + 3 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Reid, C.A.M. 2006. A taxonomic revision of the Australian Chrysomelinae, with a key to the genera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Zootaxa 1292: 1–119. Abstract & excerpt. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1292.1.1 . PDF (part A). PDF (part B). [Erratum: 1306: 68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1306.1.6 .] Reference page. 
• Selman, B.J. 1976. Lamecola gen. nov. (Coleoptera : Chrysomelidae): A genus new to Australia. Journal of Natural History 10(6): 681–684. DOI: 10.1080/00222937600770531 .
• Selman, B.J. 1977. A review of the genera Carystea Baly and Paralepta Baly (Coleoptera : Chrysomelidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 25(1): 133–145. DOI: 10.1071/ZO9770133 .
• Selman, B.J. 1979. A Reappraisal of the Australian Species of the Genus Calomela Hope (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 27(4): 561–584. DOI: 10.1071/ZO9790561 .

Additional references

• Reid, C.A.M. 1989. A new species of Calomela Hope (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from New South Wales, with habitat and distribution notes on other species in the genus. Australian Entomological Magazine 16(3): 69–73. Abstract.

Links

• Australian Faunal Directory