''Lilioceris'' is a genus of beetles in the leaf beetle 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 genera, making up one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle ...

. The genus was first scientifically described in 1912 by

Edmund Reitter Edmund Reitter (22 October 1845 – 15 March 1920) was an Austrian entomologist, writer and a collector. Biography Edmund Reitter was best known as an expert on the beetles of the Palaearctic. He was an imperial advisor and editor of the ...

. ''Lilioceris'' belongs to the subfamily

Criocerinae The Criocerinae are a subfamily of the leaf beetles, or Chrysomelidae. Tribes and genera * Tribe Criocerini Latreille, 1804 ** '' Crioceris'' Geoffroy, 1762 ** ''Lilioceris'' Reitter, 1912 * Tribe Lemini Heinze, 1962 ** '' Lema'' Fabricius, ...

and tribe

Criocerini Criocerini is a tribe of shining leaf beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae and subfamily Criocerinae. Genera Genera within this tribe include: *'' Crioceris'' Müller, 1764 *''Lilioceris'' Reitter Reitter is a German occupational sur ...

(Latreille, 1807). The family of beetles are of importance in

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because of their impact on the cultivation of

lilies ''Lilium'' () is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants growing from bulbs, all with large prominent flowers. They are the true lilies. Lilies are a group of flowering plants which are important in culture and literature in much of the world. M ...

. ''

Lilioceris cheni ''Lilioceris cheni'', the air potato leaf beetle, is a species of beetle in the genus ''Lilioceris'' that feeds on air potato plants. Air potatoes and the beetles are both native to Asia but have been introduced elsewhere. The air potato plants ...

'' was introduced into

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by biologists to try to control the spread of invasive

air potato ''Dioscorea bulbifera'' (commonly known as the air potato, air yam, bitter yam, cheeky yam, potato yam, aerial yam, and parsnip yam) is a species of true yam in the yam family, Dioscoreaceae. It is native to Africa, Asia and northern Australia. ...

plants.

Description

Species of ''Lilioceris'' are between 4 and 10 mm long. The body has a long narrow shape, with a pronounced shoulder between the

elytra An elytron (; ; , ) is a modified, hardened forewing of beetles (Coleoptera), though a few of the true bugs (Hemiptera) such as the family Schizopteridae are extremely similar; in true bugs, the forewings are called hemelytra (sometimes alterna ...

and

pronotum The prothorax is the foremost of the three segments in the thorax of an insect, and bears the first pair of legs. Its principal sclerites (exoskeletal plates) are the pronotum (dorsal), the prosternum (ventral), and the propleuron (lateral) on ea ...

. Both the

larva A larva (; plural larvae ) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults. Animals with indirect development such as insects, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase of their life cycle. The ...

e and the adult (

imago In biology, the imago (Latin for "image") is the last stage an insect attains during its metamorphosis, its process of growth and development; it is also called the imaginal stage, the stage in which the insect attains maturity. It follows the f ...

) beetles feed on plants.

Lifecycle

''Lilioceris'' species are

holometabolous Holometabolism, also called complete metamorphosis, is a form of insect development which includes four life stages: egg, larva, pupa, and imago (or adult). Holometabolism is a synapomorphic trait of all insects in the superorder Endopterygot ...

, having a complete

metamorphosis Metamorphosis is a biological process by which an animal physically develops including birth or hatching, involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal's body structure through cell growth and differentiation. Some inse ...

. The larvae proceed to a

pupa A pupa ( la, pupa, "doll"; plural: ''pupae'') is the life stage of some insects undergoing transformation between immature and mature stages. Insects that go through a pupal stage are holometabolous: they go through four distinct stages in their ...

tion stage to develop into adults.

Diversity

Well over 100 species are described, with 80 in Asia alone.Tishechkin, A. K., et al. (2011)
Review of the continental Oriental species of ''Lilioceris'' Reitter (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Criocerinae) closely related to ''Lilioceris impressa'' (F.).
''ZooKeys'' (103), 63. Selected species:Warchalowski, A. (2011)
An attempt on a review of ''Lilioceris'' Reitter, 1913 - species from continental part of south-eastern Asia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Criocerinae).
''Genus'' 22(1) 95-122. *''

Lilioceris apicalis ''Lilioceris'' is a genus of beetles in the leaf beetle family, Chrysomelidae. The genus was first scientifically described in 1912 by Edmund Reitter. ''Lilioceris'' belongs to the subfamily Criocerinae and tribe Criocerini (Latreille, 1807). Th ...

'' Yu in Yu, 1992 *'' Lilioceris brancuccii'' Medvedev, 1992 *''

'' Gressit & Kimoto, 1961 *'' Lilioceris chodjaii'' Berti & Rapilly, 1976 *'' Lilioceris dentifemoralis'' Long, 1988 *''

Lilioceris faldermanni ''Lilioceris'' is a genus of beetles in the leaf beetle family, Chrysomelidae. The genus was first scientifically described in 1912 by Edmund Reitter. ''Lilioceris'' belongs to the subfamily Criocerinae and tribe Criocerini (Latreille, 1807). Th ...

'' ( Guérin-Méneville, 1829) *''

Lilioceris hitam ''Lilioceris'' is a genus of beetles in the leaf beetle family, Chrysomelidae. The genus was first scientifically described in 1912 by Edmund Reitter. ''Lilioceris'' belongs to the subfamily Criocerinae and tribe Criocerini (Latreille, 1807). Th ...

'' Mohamedsaid, 1990 *''

Lilioceris jianfenglingensis ''Lilioceris'' is a genus of beetles in the leaf beetle family, Chrysomelidae. The genus was first scientifically described in 1912 by Edmund Reitter. ''Lilioceris'' belongs to the subfamily Criocerinae and tribe Criocerini (Latreille, 1807). Th ...

'' Long, 1988 *''

Lilioceris kimotoi ''Lilioceris'' is a genus of beetles in the leaf beetle family, Chrysomelidae. The genus was first scientifically described in 1912 by Edmund Reitter. ''Lilioceris'' belongs to the subfamily Criocerinae and tribe Criocerini (Latreille, 1807). Th ...

'' Mohamedsaid, 1991 *''

Lilioceris laetus ''Lilioceris'' is a genus of beetles in the leaf beetle family, Chrysomelidae. The genus was first scientifically described in 1912 by Edmund Reitter. ''Lilioceris'' belongs to the subfamily Criocerinae and tribe Criocerini (Latreille, 1807). Th ...

'' Medvedev, 1992 *''

Lilioceris laysi ''Lilioceris'' is a genus of beetles in the leaf beetle family, Chrysomelidae. The genus was first scientifically described in 1912 by Edmund Reitter. ''Lilioceris'' belongs to the subfamily Criocerinae and tribe Criocerini (Latreille, 1807). Th ...

'' Mohamedsaid, 2000 *''

Lilioceris lianzhouensis ''Lilioceris'' is a genus of beetles in the leaf beetle family, Chrysomelidae. The genus was first scientifically described in 1912 by Edmund Reitter. ''Lilioceris'' belongs to the subfamily Criocerinae and tribe Criocerini (Latreille, 1807). Th ...

'' Long, 2000 *''

Lilioceris lilii ''Lilioceris'' is a genus of beetles in the leaf beetle family, Chrysomelidae. The genus was first scientifically described in 1912 by Edmund Reitter. ''Lilioceris'' belongs to the subfamily Criocerinae and tribe Criocerini (Latreille, 1807). Th ...

'' (

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Lilioceris merdigera ''Lilioceris merdigera'' is a species of beetle belonging to the family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Criocerinae. Distribution This species can be found in most Europe (especially in Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Russia, and Sl ...

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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 Events January–March * January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...

) *'' Lilioceris nepalensis'' Takizawa, 1989 *'' Lilioceris parallela'' Mohamedsaid, 1999 *'' Lilioceris rondoni'' Kimoto & Gressitt, 1979 *'' Lilioceris schneideri'' Weise, 1900 *'' Lilioceris thailandicus'' Medvedev, 2005 *'' Lilioceris tibialis'' (Villa, 1838) *'' Lilioceris vietnamica'' Medvedev, 1985 *'' Lilioceris xinglongensis'' Long, 1988 *'' Lilioceris yuae'' Long, 2000

References

Bibliography

External links

BioLib.cz ''Lilioceris''

Fauna Europaea ''Lilioceris''
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