Paropsisterna

Paropsisterna is a genus of leaf beetles indigenous to Papua New Guinea and Australia. There are over 120 species, many with bright aposematic colours, and many feeding on Eucalyptus leaves. The genus as currently defined includes species formerly listed under Chrysophtharta Weise, 1901.[2]

Paropsisterna
Paropsisterna beata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Chrysomelinae
Genus: Paropsisterna
Motschulsky, 1860
Type species
Notoclea sexpustulata
Marsham, 1808
Species

see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Chrysophtharta Weise, 1901
  • Niliosoma Motschulsky, 1860
  • Sterromela Weise, 1915
  • Xanthogramma Weise, 1923 (nec Schiner, 1860)

The genus was described by Victor Motschulsky in 1860.[3][4]

Notable species
Paropsisterna agricola
Paropsisterna bimaculata
Paropsisterna octomaculata

List of species
  • Paropsisterna aequalis (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Paropsisterna agricola (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Paropsisterna albicans (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Paropsisterna ambigua Daccordi, 2003
  • Paropsisterna amica (Newman, 1842)
  • Paropsisterna amoena (Clark, 1865)
  • Paropsisterna angustipes (Blackburn, 1898)
  • Paropsisterna annularis (Blackburn, 1899)
  • Paropsisterna anomala (Blackburn, 1901)
  • Paropsisterna atalanta (Blackburn, 1898)
  • Paropsisterna aurea (Blackburn, 1899)
  • Paropsisterna basalis (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Paropsisterna beata (Newman, 1842)
  • Paropsisterna bimaculata (Olivier, 1807)
  • Paropsisterna brunnea (Marsham, 1808)
  • Paropsisterna captiosa (Clark, 1866)
  • Paropsisterna cassidoides (Boisduval, 1835)
  • Paropsisterna cernua (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Paropsisterna chlorotica (Olivier, 1807)
  • Paropsisterna citrina (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Paropsisterna cloelia (Stål, 1860)
  • Paropsisterna coccineipennis (Weise, 1916)
  • Paropsisterna complexa (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Paropsisterna conferta (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Paropsisterna conjugata (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Paropsisterna crocata (Boisduval, 1835)
  • Paropsisterna debilis (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Paropsisterna decolorata (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Paropsisterna defecta (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Paropsisterna deflorata (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Paropsisterna delmastroi Daccordi, 2003
  • Paropsisterna detrita (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Paropsisterna difficilis (Blackburn, 1898)
  • Paropsisterna dulcior (Blackburn, 1898)
  • Paropsisterna elliptica (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Paropsisterna erudita (Newman, 1842)
  • Paropsisterna fastidiosa (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Paropsisterna flaveola (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Paropsisterna flavolimbata Daccordi, 2003
  • Paropsisterna fulvoguttata (Baly, 1866)
  • Paropsisterna fuscula (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Paropsisterna galatea (Blackburn, 1898)
  • Paropsisterna gemina (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Paropsisterna geniculata (Boisduval, 1835)
  • Paropsisterna giachinoi Daccordi, 2003
  • Paropsisterna gloriosa (Blackburn, 1899)
  • Paropsisterna hackeri Daccordi, 2003
  • Paropsisterna hectica (Boisduval, 1835)
  • Paropsisterna incerta (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Paropsisterna inconstans (Blackburn, 1899)
  • Paropsisterna insignita (Newman, 1842)
  • Paropsisterna inspersa (Newman, 1842)
  • Paropsisterna intacta (Newman, 1842)
  • Paropsisterna interlita (Newman, 1842)
  • Paropsisterna interrupta (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Paropsisterna interstitialis (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Paropsisterna intertincta (Clark, 1865)
  • Paropsisterna io (Blackburn, 1898)
  • Paropsisterna irina (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Paropsisterna irrisa (Newman, 1842)
  • Paropsisterna jawoyna Daccordi, 2003
  • Paropsisterna laesa (Germar, 1848)
  • Paropsisterna lignea (Erichson, 1842)
  • Paropsisterna lineata (Marsham, 1808)
  • Paropsisterna liturata (Marsham, 1808)
  • Paropsisterna m-fuscum (Boheman, 1859)
  • Paropsisterna maculicollis (Clark, 1865)
  • Paropsisterna madida (Blackburn, 1898)
  • Paropsisterna mentitrix (Blackburn, 1898)
  • Paropsisterna mera (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Paropsisterna minerva (Blackburn, 1899)
  • Paropsisterna morio (Fabricius, 1787)
  • Paropsisterna nigerrima (Germar, 1848)
  • Paropsisterna nigrita (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Paropsisterna nigrostillata (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Paropsisterna nigrovittata (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Paropsisterna nobilitata (Erichson, 1842)
  • Paropsisterna notabilis (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Paropsisterna nucea (Erichson, 1842)
  • Paropsisterna nupta (Blackburn, 1898)
  • Paropsisterna obliterata (Erichson, 1842)
  • Paropsisterna obovata (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Paropsisterna octolineata (Gory, 1833)
  • Paropsisterna octomaculata (Marsham, 1808)
  • Paropsisterna octosignata (Stål, 1860)
  • Paropsisterna opaciceps (Blackburn, 1898)
  • Paropsisterna pachyta (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Paropsisterna pallida (Olivier, 1807)
  • Paropsisterna philomela (Blackburn, 1901)
  • Paropsisterna pictipes (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Paropsisterna pluvialis (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Paropsisterna polyglypta (Germar, 1848)
  • Paropsisterna polyxo (Blackburn, 1901)
  • Paropsisterna proxima (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Paropsisterna pulverulenta (Blackburn, 1898)
  • Paropsisterna purpureoaurea (Clark, 1865)
  • Paropsisterna purpureoviridis Clark, 1864
  • Paropsisterna raucicollis (Blackburn, 1899)
  • Paropsisterna remota (Germar, 1848)
  • Paropsisterna rufescens (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Paropsisterna rufipes (Fabricius, 1801)
  • Paropsisterna rufobrunnea (Blackburn, 1898)
  • Paropsisterna selmani Reid & de Little, 2013
  • Paropsisterna semifumata (Blackburn, 1901)
  • Paropsisterna seminigripes (Lea, 1924)
  • Paropsisterna semivittata (Blackburn, 1898)
  • Paropsisterna sexpustulata (Marsham, 1808)
  • Paropsisterna simsoni (Blackburn, 1899)
  • Paropsisterna spadicea Weise, 1916
  • Paropsisterna stictica (Marsham, 1808)
  • Paropsisterna stygia (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Paropsisterna subcincta (Blackburn, 1898)
  • Paropsisterna subcostata (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Paropsisterna suspiciosa (Baly, 1866)
  • Paropsisterna tenebrosa (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Paropsisterna tenella (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Paropsisterna tessellata (Clark, 1865)
  • Paropsisterna testacea (Olivier, 1807)
  • Paropsisterna tigrina (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Paropsisterna trimaculata (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Paropsisterna variabilis (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Paropsisterna variicollis (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Paropsisterna vittata (Blackburn, 1899)
  • Paropsisterna crocata
  • Paropsisterna decolorata
  • Paropsisterna erudita
  • Paropsisterna intacta
  • Paropsisterna liturata
  • Paropsisterna morio
  • Paropsisterna nigerrima alternata
  • Paropsisterna pictipes
  • Paropsisterna remota
  • Paropsisterna stygia trivittata
  • Paropsisterna variicollis

References
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  2. Reid, C.A.M.; De Little, D.W. (2013). "A new species of Paropsisterna Motschulsky, 1860, a significant pest of plantation eucalypts in Tasmania and Ireland (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae)". doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3681.4.4. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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  5. De Little, D.W. (2007). "Life-cycle and aspects of the biology of Tasmanian Eucalyptus leaf beetle, Chrysophtharta bimaculata (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Australian Journal of Entomology. 22 (1): 15–18. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.1983.tb01831.x.
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  7. Phillips, Charlma (1994). "Chrysophtharta spp. and Paropsis spp" (PDF). Government of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2007. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  8. Fanning, P.; Baars, J-R. (2014). "Biology of the Eucalyptus leaf beetle Paropsisterna selmani (Chrysomelidae: Paropsini): A new pest of Eucalyptus species (Myrtaceae) in Ireland". Agricultural and Forest Entomology. 16: 45–53. doi:10.1111/afe.12032.
  9. Malumphy, C.; Anderson, H. (August 2015). "Plant Pest Fact Sheet: Tasmanian Eucalyptus Beetle Paropsisterna selmani" (PDF). DEFRA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 November 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
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