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''Gastrophysa'' is a 
genus
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 nom ...
of beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
s in the family Chrysomelidae, in which the females typically exhibit swollen, membranous abdomens, a condition known as physogastrism.
Species
These nine species belong to the genus ''Gastrophysa'': * '' Gastrophysa analis'' (Reitter, 1890) g * '' Gastrophysa atrocyanea'' Motschulsky g * '' Gastrophysa cyanea'' F. E. Melsheimer, 1847 i c g b (green dock beetle) * '' Gastrophysa dissimilis'' (Say, 1824) i c g b * '' Gastrophysa formosa'' (Say, 1824) i c g b * '' Gastrophysa janthina'' Suffrian, 1851 g * '' Gastrophysa polygoni'' (Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
, 1758) i c g b (knotweed leaf beetle)
* '' Gastrophysa unicolor'' (Marsham, 1802) g
* ''Gastrophysa viridula
''Gastrophysa viridula'', known as the green dock beetle (note: the similar '' Gastrophysa cyanea'' in North America is also called the green dock beetle), green dock leaf beetle or green sorrel beetle, is a species of beetle native to Europe.
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'' ( De Geer, 1775) g
Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net
References
External links
* * * Chrysomelinae Chrysomelidae genera Taxa named by Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat {{Chrysomelinae-stub