''Glyptoscelis'' is a genus of
leaf beetles in the subfamily
Eumolpinae. There are 38 species of ''Glyptoscelis'' described from
North
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Etymology
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South America
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.
[ There are also three species of ''Glyptoscelis'' known from the ]West Indies
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, though they are wrongly placed in the genus. In addition, a single species was described from Hunan, China
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in 2021.
According to BugGuide and ITIS, the genus is now placed in the tribe Eumolpini instead of Adoxini.[
]
Species
These species belong to the genus ''Glyptoscelis'':
* ''Glyptoscelis aeneipennis
''Glyptoscelis'' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. There are 38 species of ''Glyptoscelis'' described from North, Central and South America. There are also three species of ''Glyptoscelis'' known from the West Indies, thou ...
'' Baly, 1865
* '' Glyptoscelis albicans'' Baly, 1865 i c g b
* '' Glyptoscelis albida'' LeConte, 1859 i c g b
* '' Glyptoscelis alternata'' Crotch, 1873 i c g b
* '' Glyptoscelis aridis'' Van Dyke Van Dyke, VanDyke or Vandyke is an Americanized or anglicized form of the Dutch-language toponymic surname ''Van Dijk'', ''Van Dijke'', ''Van Dijck'', or '' Van Dyck''. Meaning living near the dike.
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As a ...
, 1938 i c g
* '' Glyptoscelis artemisiae'' Blake
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, 1967 i c g
* ''Glyptoscelis barbata
''Glyptoscelis'' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. There are 38 species of ''Glyptoscelis'' described from North, Central and South America. There are also three species of ''Glyptoscelis'' known from the West Indies, thou ...
'' (Say
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* "Say" ( ...
, 1826) i c g
* '' Glyptoscelis cahitae'' Blake
Blake is a surname which originated from Old English. Its derivation is uncertain; it could come from "blac", a nickname for someone who had dark hair or skin, or from "blaac", a nickname for someone with pale hair or skin. Another theory, presuma ...
, 1967
* '' Glyptoscelis chontalensis'' Jacoby, 1882
* '' Glyptoscelis coloradoensis'' Blake
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, 1967 i c g
* '' Glyptoscelis cryptica'' (Say
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* "Say" (Method Man song), 2006 single by rapper Method Man
* "Say" ( ...
, 1824) i c g b
* '' Glyptoscelis cylindrica'' Blake
Blake is a surname which originated from Old English. Its derivation is uncertain; it could come from "blac", a nickname for someone who had dark hair or skin, or from "blaac", a nickname for someone with pale hair or skin. Another theory, presuma ...
, 1967 i c g
* ''Glyptoscelis diabola
''Glyptoscelis'' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. There are 38 species of ''Glyptoscelis'' described from North, Central and South America. There are also three species of ''Glyptoscelis'' known from the West Indies, thou ...
'' Krauss, 1937 i c g
* '' Glyptoscelis dohrni'' Jacoby, 1900
* '' Glyptoscelis fascicularis'' Baly, 1865
* '' Glyptoscelis gayi'' Lefèvre, 1891
* '' Glyptoscelis gigas'' Jacoby, 1897
* '' Glyptoscelis guatemalensis'' Blake
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, 1967
* '' Glyptoscelis idahoensis'' Blake
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, 1967 i c g
* '' Glyptoscelis illustris'' Crotch, 1873 i c g b
* '' Glyptoscelis juniperi'' Blake
Blake is a surname which originated from Old English. Its derivation is uncertain; it could come from "blac", a nickname for someone who had dark hair or skin, or from "blaac", a nickname for someone with pale hair or skin. Another theory, presuma ...
, 1967 i c g b
* '' Glyptoscelis longior'' LeConte, 1878 i c g
* '' Glyptoscelis mexicana'' Jacoby, 1882
* '' Glyptoscelis monrosi'' Blake
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, 1952
* '' Glyptoscelis paraguayensis'' Jacoby, 1897
* '' Glyptoscelis parvula'' Blaisdell, 1921 i c g
* '' Glyptoscelis paula'' Blake
Blake is a surname which originated from Old English. Its derivation is uncertain; it could come from "blac", a nickname for someone who had dark hair or skin, or from "blaac", a nickname for someone with pale hair or skin. Another theory, presuma ...
, 1967 i c g
* '' Glyptoscelis peperi'' Blake
Blake is a surname which originated from Old English. Its derivation is uncertain; it could come from "blac", a nickname for someone who had dark hair or skin, or from "blaac", a nickname for someone with pale hair or skin. Another theory, presuma ...
, 1967 i c g
* '' Glyptoscelis pinnigera'' Blake
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, 1952
* '' Glyptoscelis prosopis'' Schaeffer
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* Albert Char ...
, 1905 i c g b
* '' Glyptoscelis pubescens'' (Fabricius Fabricius ( la, smith, german: Schmied, Schmidt) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*people from the Ancient Roman gens Fabricia:
**Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, the first of the Fabricii to move to Rome
* Johann Goldsmid (1587†...
, 1777) i c g b (hairy leaf beetle)
* '' Glyptoscelis pulvinosus'' (Blanchard
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Geographical distribution
As of 2014, ...
, 1851)
* '' Glyptoscelis septentrionalis'' Blake
Blake is a surname which originated from Old English. Its derivation is uncertain; it could come from "blac", a nickname for someone who had dark hair or skin, or from "blaac", a nickname for someone with pale hair or skin. Another theory, presuma ...
, 1967 i c g
* '' Glyptoscelis sequoiae'' Blaisdell, 1921 i c g
* '' Glyptoscelis sinica'' Moseyko, 2021
* '' Glyptoscelis sonorensis'' Blake
Blake is a surname which originated from Old English. Its derivation is uncertain; it could come from "blac", a nickname for someone who had dark hair or skin, or from "blaac", a nickname for someone with pale hair or skin. Another theory, presuma ...
, 1967
* '' Glyptoscelis squamulata'' Crotch, 1873 i c g b (grape bud beetle)
* '' Glyptoscelis vandykei'' Krauss, 1937 i c g
* '' Glyptoscelis yosemitae'' Krauss, 1937 i c g
Data sources: i = ITIS,[ c = Catalogue of Life,][ g = GBIF,][ b = Bugguide.net]
Three additional species have been described from the West Indies
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. According to Doris Holmes Blake, in her 1967 review of the genus, they are wrongly placed in it:
* '' Glyptoscelis brevicornis'' (Olivier
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, 1808)
* '' Glyptoscelis fusca'' ( Drapiez, 1820)
* '' Glyptoscelis hobsoni'' ( Curtis, 1840)
References
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Eumolpinae
Chrysomelidae genera
Articles created by Qbugbot
Taxa named by Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat
Beetles of North America
Beetles of South America