The Fulcidacini, sometimes known as the warty leaf beetles, are a tribe within the leaf beetle

subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...

Cryptocephalinae, though historically they were often treated as a distinct subfamily, Chlamisinae. 11

genera Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclat ...

with altogether about 400 species are currently placed here; some four-fifths of the species are found in the Neotropics, but the rest is distributed over all other continents except Antarctica.

Genera Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclat ...

and some selected species include: * '' Chlamisus'' Rafinesque, 1815 ** '' Chlamisus amyemae'' Reid, 1991 ** ''

Chlamisus arizonensis ''Chlamisus'' is a genus of cloaked warty leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2 ...

'' Linell, 1898 ** ''

Chlamisus aterrimus ''Chlamisus'' is a genus of cloaked warty leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2 ...

'' Lea, 1904 ** '' Chlamisus flavidus'' Karren, 1972 ** ''

Chlamisus foveolatus ''Chlamisus foveolatus'' is a species of warty leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more t ...

'' Knoch, 1801 ** ''

Chlamisus huachucae ''Chlamisus'' is a genus of cloaked warty leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2 ...

'' Schaeffer, 1906 ** ''

Chlamisus maculipes ''Chlamisus maculipes'' is a species of warty leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more th ...

'' Chevrolat, 1835 ** ''

Chlamisus mimosae ''Chlamisus'' is a genus of cloaked warty leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2 ...

'' Karren, 1989 ** ''

Chlamisus minax ''Chlamisus'' is a genus of cloaked warty leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2 ...

'' Lacordaire ** ''

Chlamisus nigromaculatus ''Chlamisus'' is a genus of cloaked warty leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2 ...

'' Karren, 1972 ** ''

Chlamisus quadrilobatus ''Chlamisus'' is a genus of cloaked warty leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2 ...

'' Schaeffer, 1926 ** ''

Chlamisus texanus ''Chlamisus texanus'' is a species of warty leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than ...

'' Schaeffer, 1906 * ''

Diplacaspis ''Diplacaspis'' is a genus of warty leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are at least three described species in ''Diplacaspis''. Species These three species belong to the genus ''Diplacaspis'': * '' Diplacaspis chlamysoides'' Monros ...

'' Jacobson, 1924 ** ''

Diplacaspis prosternalis ''Diplacaspis'' is a genus of warty leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 ...

'' Schaeffer, 1906 * ''

Exema ''Exema'' is a genus of leaf beetles in the tribe Fulcidacini. They occur worldwide, with 9 species in North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is b ...

'' * '' Poropleura'' Lacordaire, 1848 (=''Fulcidax'' Voet, 1806, an unavailable nameKrell, F-T. (2012) On nomenclature and synonymy of ''Trichius rosaceus'', ''T. gallicus'', and ''T. zonatus'' (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Trichiini). ''Zootaxa'' 3278: 61–68.) ** '' Poropleura bacca'' (Kirby, 1818) ** '' Poropleura coelestina'' (Lacordaire, 1848) ** '' Poropleura monstrosa'' (Fabricius, 1798) * '' Melitochlamys'' Monrós, 1948 * ''

Neochlamisus ''Neochlamisus'' is a genus of leaf beetles in the tribe Fulcidacini (the warty leaf beetles). They are members of the case-bearing leaf beetle group, the Camptosomata. Measuring 3–4 millimeters in length as adults, they are cryptic, superfi ...

'' (c.17 species) * '' Pseudochlamys'' Lacordaire, 1848 ** '' Pseudochlamys megalostomoides'' Lacordaire, 1849 ** '' Pseudochlamys semirufescens'' Karren, 1972

Footnotes

References

* (2008): Faecal case architecture in the ''gibbosus'' species group of ''Neochlamisus'' Karren, 1972 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae: Chlamisini). '' Zool. J. Linn. Soc.'' 152(2): 315–351. (HTML abstract)

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* Cryptocephalinae {{Cryptocephalinae-stub