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Checklist of Family Chrysomelidae Latreille, 1802 (Casebearers)
for Cameroon (Central Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
426
5796
18192
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
426
5796
18192
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
408
5715
17984
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
262
4582
15900
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
67
1770
5407
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
63
1531
4454
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
38
875
2430
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chrysomeloidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark Runner, Leaf Beetles, Long-horned Beetles
2
109
271
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyChrysomelidae
Latreille, 1802
Casebearers, Indet Leaf Beetle, Leaf and Seed Beetles
105
267
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cameroon
105 Genera with 267 Species
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Afrocrania Hincks, 20012SpeciesTaxom
Afroeurydemus Selman, 19004SpeciesTaxom
Afronaumannia Steiner & Wa..., 20051SpeciesTaxom
Agonita Strand, 19424SpeciesTaxom
Arimetus Jacoby, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Asbecesta Harold, 18995SpeciesTaxom
Aspidimorpha Hope, 198518SpeciesTaxom
Bonesia Baly, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Bonesioides Laboissière, 20032SpeciesTaxom
Bruchidius Schilsky, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Callispa Baly, 19117SpeciesTaxom
Candezea Chapuis, 19313SpeciesTaxom
Casmena Chapuis, 18743SpeciesTaxom
Cassida Linnaeus, 1835Tortoise Beetles3SpeciesTaxom
Ceralces Gerstaecker, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Cerochroa Gerstaecker, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Chapuisia Dugès, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Chiridopsis Spaeth, 18624SpeciesTaxom
Chrysispa Weise, 18954SpeciesTaxom
Chrysolina Motschulsky, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Clitena Baly, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Cneorane Baly, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Coelaenomenodera Blanchard, 19052SpeciesTaxom
Colasposoma Laporte, 18588SpeciesTaxom
Conchyloctenia Spaeth, 18542SpeciesTaxom
Crioceris Geoffroy, 1845Asparagus beetle2SpeciesTaxom
Cryptonychus Gyllenhal, 181711SpeciesTaxom
Dactylispa Weise, 187918SpeciesTaxom
Dermoxanthus Baly, 19534SpeciesTaxom
Dicladispa Gestro, 19066SpeciesTaxom
Dicolectes Lefèvre, 18942SpeciesTaxom
Disonycha Dejean, 18081SpeciesTaxom
Dorcathispa Weise, 18983SpeciesTaxom
Duviviera1SpeciesTaxom
Ennodius Lefèvre, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Epistamena Weise, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Epitrix Foudras, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Eupachytoma Laboissière, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Eurydemus Chapuis, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Gaberella Selman, 18782SpeciesTaxom
Gabonia Jacoby, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Galeruca Geoffroy, 17621SpeciesTaxom
Galerucella Crotch, 1924Water-lily Beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Gyllenhaleus Weise, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Hemipyxis Chevrolat, 18361SpeciesTaxom
Heteraspis Leonardi, 18756SpeciesTaxom
Hystaspes Jacoby, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Laccoptera Boheman, 18622SpeciesTaxom
Lefevrea Jacoby, 19163SpeciesTaxom
Leptaulaca Weise, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Leptispa Baly, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Lilioceris Reitter, 18663SpeciesTaxom
Luperodes Motschulsky, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Luperus Geoffroy, 19033SpeciesTaxom
Lypnea Baly, 18761SpeciesTaxom
Macrocoma Chapuis, 18953SpeciesTaxom
Medythia Jacoby, 18802SpeciesTaxom
Megaleruca Laboissière, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Megalognatha Baly, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Melindea Lefèvre, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Menius Buysson, 18933SpeciesTaxom
Monolepta Dejean, 20028SpeciesTaxom
Monoxia LeConte, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Nerissus Chapuis, 190310SpeciesTaxom
Nirinoides Jacoby, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Nisotra Baly, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Notomela Jacoby, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Obelistes Lefèvre, 19412SpeciesTaxom
Oides Weber, 190412SpeciesTaxom
Oidosoma Quedenfeldt, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Oncocephala Agassiz, 18994SpeciesTaxom
Ootheca Chevrolat, 19312SpeciesTaxom
Ornithognathus Thomson, 18582SpeciesTaxom
Pachnephorus L. Redtenbacher, 19416SpeciesTaxom
Pagria Lefèvre, 18843SpeciesTaxom
Paraivongius Pic, 195213SpeciesTaxom
Pathius Aslam, 19122SpeciesTaxom
Phascus Lefèvre, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Phygasia Chevrolat, 18361SpeciesTaxom
Phyllobrotica Dejean, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Phyllobroticella Jacoby, 19022SpeciesTaxom
Plagiasma Weise, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Plagiosterna Motschulsky, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Platycorynus Chevrolat, 18814SpeciesTaxom
Platypria Guérin-Ménev..., 18773SpeciesTaxom
Platyxantha Baly, 19489SpeciesTaxom
Polyconia Weise, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Prosmidia Weise, 19731SpeciesTaxom
Pseudocolaspis Laporte, 19404SpeciesTaxom
Rhembastus Harold, 19073SpeciesTaxom
Scelodonta Westwood, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Sceloenopla Chevrolat, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Schematizella Jacoby, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Spermophagus Schönherr, 19242SpeciesTaxom
Sphaeroderma Stephens, 18311SpeciesTaxom
Stenellina Cockerell, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Stenoplatys Baly, 19702SpeciesTaxom
Stictocema Jacoby, 19062SpeciesTaxom
Strobiderus Jacoby, 19023SpeciesTaxom
Syagrus Chapuis, 19514SpeciesTaxom
Tanybria Selman, 19036SpeciesTaxom
Thysbina Weise, 19025SpeciesTaxom
Timentes Selman, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Trichispa Chapuis, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Vitruvia Jacoby, 19122SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cameroon
267 Species and 5 Subspecies
Afrocrania luciae Middelhauve ..., 2001
Afroeurydemus brevilineatus Jacoby, 1900
Afroeurydemus guessfeldi Karsch, 1882
Afroeurydemus jansoni Baly, 1878
Afroeurydemus marginatus Jacoby, 1900
Afronaumannia irenae Steiner & Wa..., 2005
Agonita decemmaculata Kraatz, 1900
Agonita kuntzeni Uhmann, 1931
Agonita quadripunctata Guérin-Ménev..., 1844
Agonita testaceicornis Pic, 1942
Arimetus conradti Jacoby, 1903
Asbecesta commoda Weise, 1906
Asbecesta dimidiaticornis Jacoby, 1903
Asbecesta laeta Weise, 1905
Asbecesta polita Jacoby, 1899
Aspidimorpha (Afroaspidimorpha) nigromaculata Herbst, 1799
Aspidimorpha (Aspidimorpha) bimaculata Fabricius, 1792
Aspidimorpha (Aspidimorpha) diaphana Sahlberg, 1823
Aspidimorpha (Aspidimorpha) fenestrata Olivier, 1808
Aspidimorpha (Aspidimorpha) icterica Boheman, 1854
Aspidimorpha (Aspidimorpha) isparetta Boheman, 1854
Aspidimorpha (Aspidimorpha) mutata Boheman, 1854
Aspidimorpha (Aspidimorpha) obovata Klug, 1835
Aspidimorpha (Aspidimorpha) officiosa Boheman, 1862
Aspidimorpha (Aspidimorpha) quadriramosa Boheman, 1854
Aspidimorpha (Aspidimorpha) sjoestedti Spaeth, 1903
Aspidimorpha (Aspidimorpha) togata Thomson, 1858
Aspidimorpha (Aspidimorpha) tortuosa Boheman, 1862
Aspidimorpha (Aspidocassis) confinis Klug, 1835
Aspidimorpha (Megaspidomorpha) chorotica Olivier, 1808
Aspidimorpha (Semiaspidimorpha) chlorina Boheman, 1854
Aspidimorpha (Semiaspidimorpha) pseudochlorina Borowiec, 1985
Bonesioides kamerunensis Freund & Wagner, 2003
Callispa (Callispa) intermedia Uhmann, 1932
Callispa (Callispa) kuntzeni Uhmann, 1932
Callispa (Callispa) limbata Gestro, 1906
Callispa (Callispa) nigripes Baly, 1858Mango shoot borer
Callispa (Callispa) semirufa Kraatz, 1895
Callispa (Callispa) testacea Kraatz, 1895
Callispa (Callispella) bayoni Gestro, 1911
Candezea atripennis Laboissière, 1931
Candezea horni Laboissière, 1931
Casmena bicoloripes Pic, 1941
Casmena camerunensis Pic, 1953
Casmena murrayi Chapuis, 1874
Cassida (Tylocentra) camerunensis Spaeth, 1903
Cassida (Tylocentra) inaequalis Thomson, 1858
Cassida (Tylocentra) tosta Klug, 1835Glasswort
Cerochroa verticalis Laboissière, 1931
Chapuisia sjoestedti Jacoby, 1903
Chiridopsis aequinoctialis Olivier, 1808
Chiridopsis aubei Boheman, 1855
Chiridopsis laetifica Boheman, 1862
Chrysispa acanthina Reiche, 1850
Chrysispa natalica Péringuey, 1898
Chrysispa paucispina Weise, 1897
Chrysispa viridicyanea Kraatz, 1895
Chrysolina (Camerounia) elysia Bechyné, 1954
Cneorane unicolor Jacoby, 1894
Coelaenomenodera (Coelaenomenodera) elaeidis Maulik, 1919
Coelaenomenodera (Coelaenomenodera) speciosa Gestro, 1905
Colasposoma (Colasposoma) bedeli Achard, 1923
Colasposoma (Colasposoma) camerunense Jacoby, 1903
Colasposoma (Colasposoma) conradi Jacoby, 1900
Colasposoma (Colasposoma) fairmairei Lefebure, 1877
Colasposoma fairmairei fairmairei Lefèvre, 1877
Colasposoma (Colasposoma) favareli Pic, 1938
Colasposoma (Colasposoma) laticorne J. Thomson, 1858
Conchyloctenia hepatica Boheman, 1854
Conchyloctenia signatipennis Boheman, 1854
Crioceris (Crioceris) nigropunctata Lacordaire, 1845
Cryptonychus (Cryptonychellus) breviceps Weise, 1911
Cryptonychus (Cryptonychus) apicalis Pic, 1924
Cryptonychus (Cryptonychus) apiciornis Kolbe, 1899
Cryptonychus (Cryptonychus) barombicus Kolbe, 1899
Cryptonychus (Cryptonychus) devius Kolbe, 1899
Cryptonychus (Cryptonychus) dubius Baly, 1858Mango shoot borer
Cryptonychus (Cryptonychus) interpres Kolbe, 1899
Cryptonychus (Cryptonychus) lienotus Kolbe, 1899
Cryptonychus (Cryptonychus) murrayi Baly, 1858Mango shoot borer
Cryptonychus (Cryptonychus) nigrofasciatus Pic, 1934Queen of the prairie
Cryptonychus (Cryptonychus) porrectus (Gyllenhal, 1817)⇒ Cryptonychus murrayi Baly, 1858
Dactylispa (Podispa) melanaria Motschulsky, 1861
Dactylispa (Triplispa) cervicornu Uhmann, 1931
Dactylispa (Triplispa) dolichocera Gestro, 1906
Dactylispa (Triplispa) donckieri Weise, 1905
Dactylispa (Triplispa) filicornis Weise, 1912
Dactylispa (Triplispa) normalis Uhmann, 1931
Dactylispa (Triplispa) orchymonti Uhmann, 1931
Dactylispa (Triplispa) pallipes Kraatz, 1895
Dactylispa (Triplispa) pubicollis Chapuis, 1877Armyworm
Dactylispa (Triplispa) sibutensis Achard, 1917
Dactylispa (Triplispa) spinigera Gyllenhal, 1817
Dactylispa (Triplispa) spinulifera Uhmann, 1931
Dactylispa (Triplispa) spinulosa Gyllenhal, 1817
Dactylispa (Triplispa) tenella Péringuey, 1898
Dactylispa (Triplispa) vanikorensis Guérin-Ménev..., 1841
Dactylispa (Triplispa) xanthopus Maulik, 1918
Dactylispa gestroi (Chapuis, 1879)⇒ Dactylispa xanthopus Maulik, 1918
Dermoxanthus camerunensis Burgeon, 1941
Dermoxanthus clavareaui Burgeon, 1941
Dermoxanthus fulvus Baly, 1859
Dermoxanthus ruficolor Pic, 1953
Dicladispa (Dicladispa) antennalis Kraatz, 1895
Dicladispa (Dicladispa) deserticola Weise, 1900
Dicladispa (Dicladispa) gracilicornis Weise, 1905Western yellowstriped armyworm
Dicladispa (Dicladispa) kraatzi Weise, 1897
Dicladispa (Dicladispa) platyclada Gestro, 1906
Dicladispa (Dicladispa) striaticollis Gestro, 1906
Dicolectes aulicus Lefèvre, 1886
Dicolectes ornatus Jacoby, 1894
Disonycha chlorotica Olivier, 1808
Dorcathispa alternata Weise, 1900
Dorcathispa bellicosa (Guérin-Ménev..., 1841)⇒ Dorcathispa extrema Péringuay, 1898
Dorcathispa extrema Péringuay, 1898
Duviviera apicitarsis Weise, 1903
Ennodius murrayi Chapuis, 1912
Epistamena lenta Weise, 1915
Eurydemus villiersi Burgeon, 1941
Gaberella costata Baly, 1878
Galerucella sericella Weise, 1924
Gyllenhaleus bipunctatus Baly, 1858
Heteraspis bella Pic, 1937
Heteraspis bidentata Baly, 1877
Heteraspis madoni Pic, 1949
Heteraspis theresae Pic, 1956
Heteraspis viridimaculata Jacoby, 1877
Heteraspis viridula Lefèvre, 1875
Hystaspes dohrni Jacoby, 1903
Laccoptera (Orphnodella) corrugata Sahlberg, 1823
Laccoptera (Patrisma) murrayi Boheman, 1862
Lefevrea abdominalis Jacoby, 1897
Lefevrea carpenteri Bryant, 1932
Lefevrea humeralis Weise, 1916
Leptispa denticulata Achard, 1917
Lilioceris (Lilioceris) aestivalis Clark, H., 1866
Lilioceris (Lilioceris) duodecimmaculata Jacoby, 1894
Lilioceris (Lilioceris) latipennis Clark, H., 1866
Luperodes castaneus Jacoby, 1903
Luperus flavicinctus Jacoby, 1899
Luperus giganteus Jacoby, 1897
Luperus oculatus Jacoby, 1903
Macrocoma apicalis Jacoby, 1881
Macrocoma parvula Jacoby, 1895
Medythia nonveilleri Berti, 1983
Medythia quaterna Fairmaire, 1880
Megalognatha pygidialis Laboissière, 1926
Megalognatha rolleti Laboissière, 1926
Melindea denticrus Burgeon, 1941
Menius conradti Jacoby, 1903
Menius lacordairei Chapuis, 1874
Menius splendidus Jacoby, 1893
Monolepta barombiensis Jacoby, 1903
Monolepta camerunensis Jacoby, 1906
Monolepta conradi Jacoby, 1899
Monolepta fulvosignata Jacoby, 1894
Monolepta kraatzi Jacoby, 1899
Monolepta opulenta Jacoby, 1903
Monolepta podagrica Laboissière, 1931
Monolepta tessmanni Wagner, 2002
Monoxia schizonycha Blake, 1939
Nerissus carnapi Kuntzen, 1912
Nerissus conformis Weise, 1907
Nerissus femoralis Lefebure, 1875
Nerissus globulatus Kuntzen, 1912
Nerissus griseoscutellatus Karsch, 1882
Nerissus leucocyclus Kuntzen, 1912
Nerissus sculptilis J.Thomson, 1858
Nerissus strigosus Chapuis, 1874
Nerissus tuberculatus tuberculatus Jacoby, 1901
Nerissus viridipennis Jacoby, 1903
Nirinoides abdominalis Jacoby, 1903
Notomela cyanipennis Jacoby, 1899
Obelistes clavareaui Burgeon, 1941
Oides cameruna Weise, 1915
Oides collaris Baly, 1861
Oides conradti Weise, 1902
Oides fleutiauxi Laboissière, 1919
Oides fryi Clark, 1864
Oides fulva Laboissière, 1927
Oides humeralis Gahan, 1891
Oides luteola Laboissière, 1927
Oides ocularis (Blackburn, 1896)⇒ Oides fryi Clark, 1864
Oides rugulosa Laboissière, 1927
Oides straminea Weise, 1904
Oncocephala cuneata Gestro, 1906
Oncocephala scabrosa Gestro, 1906
Oncocephala senegalensis Guérin-Ménev..., 1844
Oncocephala severinii Gestro, 1899Large flesh fly
Ootheca apicicornis Laboissière, 1931
Ootheca costulata Laboissière, 1931
Ornithognathus caeruleipennis Laboissière, 1924
Ornithognathus generosus Thomson, 1858
Pachnephorus (Pachnephorus) camerunensis Zoia, 2007
Pachnephorus (Pachnephorus) crocodilinus Zoia, 2007
Pachnephorus (Pachnephorus) gardinii Zoia, 2007
Pachnephorus (Pachnephorus) torridus Baly, 1878
Pachnephorus fasciatus
Pachnephorus fasciatus fasciatus Burgeon, 1941
Pagria camerunensis Jacoby, 1904
Pagria porosicollis Jacoby, 1898
Pagria varians Lefèvre, 1884
Paraivongius chalceatus Lefèvre, 1891
Paraivongius collarti Burgeon, 1941
Paraivongius flavimanus flavimanus Jacoby, 1903
Paraivongius flavitarsus Jacoby, 1893
Paraivongius kraatzi Jacoby, 1898
Paraivongius lepesmei Burgeon, 1941
Paraivongius nigritarsis Lefèvre, 1891
Paraivongius parvulus Jacoby, 1903
Paraivongius pauliani Burgeon, 1941
Paraivongius semipiceus Jacoby, 1903
Paraivongius subaeneus Jacoby, 1903
Paraivongius viridiaeneus Jacoby, 1882
Paraivongius viridipes Pic, 1952
Pathius major Weise, 1912
Pathius pallidus Weise, 1912
Phascus occidentalis Weise, 1912
Phyllobrotica straminea Weise, 1903
Phyllobroticella flava Jacoby, 1894
Phyllobroticella kraatzi Weise, 1902
Plagiasma sublineata Weise, 1903
Platycorynus azureus Sahlberg, 1829
Platycorynus compressicornis Fabricius, 1801
Platycorynus limbatus limbatus Baly, 1881
Platypria (Dichirispa) decemspinosa Kraatz, 1895
Platypria (Dichirispa) funebris Gestro, 1905
Platypria (Dichirispa) luctuosa Chapuis, 1877
Platyxantha apicicornis Jacoby, 1903
Platyxantha conradti Jacoby, 1903
Platyxantha dichroa Laboissière, 1931
Platyxantha facialis Jacoby, 1899
Platyxantha laevipennis Jacoby, 1903
Platyxantha longicornis Jacoby, 1903
Platyxantha pallida Laboissière, 1931
Platyxantha sublaevipennis Jacoby, 1903
Platyxantha theobromae Bryant, 1948
Polyconia spinicornis Kraatz, 1895
Prosmidia sacerdos Silfverberg, 1973
Pseudocolaspis cyanella Burgeon, 1940
Pseudocolaspis rigida Baly, 1877
Pseudocolaspis rufitarsis Burgeon, 1940
Rhembastus ruficolor Pic, 1941
Rhembastus xanthocnemis Weise, 1907
Sceloenopla cincta Weise, 1905Western yellowstriped armyworm
Spermophagus latithorax Boheman, 1829
Spermophagus maynei Pic, 1924
Stenellina impressicollis Weise, 1912
Stenoplatys vadoni Berti, 1970
Stictocema fasciata Jacoby, 1906
Strobiderus carayoni Berti, 1986
Strobiderus kraatzi Weise, 1902
Syagrus apicicornis Lefèvre, 1891
Syagrus calcaratus Fabricius, 1775
Syagrus rufometallicus Pic, 1951
Tanybria aurichalcea J. Thomson, 1858
Tanybria costata Jacoby, 1898
Tanybria cupreomarginata Jacoby, 1895
Tanybria eximia Baly, 1877
Tanybria spinipes Baly, 1878
Tanybria tuberculata Jacoby, 1903
Thysbina amata J. Thomson, 1858
Thysbina camerunensis (Pic, 1953)⇒ Timentes camerunensis Pic, 1953
Thysbina femoralis Lefèvre, 1877
Thysbina rufipes Weise, 1902
Timentes camerunensis Pic, 1953
Trichispa sericea Guérin-Ménev..., 1838Rice hispid
Vitruvia glabripennis Jacoby, 1903
Vitruvia monilicornis Weise, 1912

Subnodes of Chrysomelidae with occurrences in Cameroon
SubfamilyBruchinae
Latreille, 1802
Bean weevils, Pea and Bean Weevils, Seed beetles
2
2
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyCassidinae
Gyllenhal, 1813
Leaf-mining beetles, Tortoise beetles, Tortoise Beetles and Hispines, Tortoiseshell beetles
20
93
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyChrysomelinae
Latreille, 1802
Broad-shouldered leaf beetles, leaf beetle
4
1
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyCriocerinae
Latreille, 1804
Shining leaf beetles
2
4
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyEumolpinae
Hope, 1840
Oval leaf beetles
24
72
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyGalerucinae
Latreille, 1802
Skeletonizing leaf beetles, Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles
45
69
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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