''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 and tribe
Criocerini (Latreille, 1807).
The family of beetles are of importance in
horticulture because of their impact on the cultivation of
lilies. ''
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
Central Florida 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 and
pronotum. Both the
larvae and the adult (
imago) beetles feed on plants.
Lifecycle
''Lilioceris'' species are
holometabolous, 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
pupation 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.
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Lilioceris apicalis''
Yu in Yu, 1992
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Lilioceris brancuccii
''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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Medvedev, 1992
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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 ...
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Gressit & Kimoto, 1961
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Lilioceris chodjaii
''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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Berti & Rapilly, 1976
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Lilioceris dentifemoralis
''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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Long, 1988
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Lilioceris faldermanni''
( Guérin-Méneville, 1829)
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Lilioceris hitam''
Mohamedsaid, 1990
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Lilioceris jianfenglingensis''
Long, 1988
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Lilioceris kimotoi''
Mohamedsaid, 1991
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Lilioceris laetus''
Medvedev, 1992
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Lilioceris laysi''
Mohamedsaid, 2000
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Lilioceris lianzhouensis''
Long, 2000
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Lilioceris lilii''
( Scopoli, 1763
Events
January–March
* January 27 – The seat of colonial administration in the Viceroyalty of Brazil is moved from Salvador to Rio de Janeiro.
* February 1 – The Royal Colony of North Carolina officially creates Meck ...
)
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Lilioceris merdigera''
( Linnaeus, 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 ...
)
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Lilioceris nepalensis''
Takizawa, 1989
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Lilioceris parallela''
Mohamedsaid, 1999
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Lilioceris rondoni''
Kimoto & Gressitt, 1979
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Lilioceris schneideri''
Weise, 1900
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Lilioceris thailandicus''
Medvedev, 2005
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Lilioceris tibialis''
(Villa, 1838)
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Lilioceris vietnamica''
Medvedev, 1985
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Lilioceris xinglongensis
''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
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Lilioceris yuae''
Long, 2000
References
Bibliography
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External links
BioLib.cz ''Lilioceris''Fauna Europaea ''Lilioceris''
on the UF / IFAS IFAS may refer:
* Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
* Integrated Fixed-Film Activated Sludge, a sewage treatment process
* International French adjectival system
In rock climbing, mountaineering, and other climbing disciplines, clim ...
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{{Taxonbar, from=Q1756167
Chrysomelidae genera
Criocerinae
Taxa named by Edmund Reitter