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Checklist for Superfamily Chrysomeloidea Latreille, 1802 (Bark Runner)
and region Nigeria (West Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
388
4495
12408
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
385
4491
12404
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
368
4385
12052
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
234
3464
10323
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
55
803
1784
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
51
684
1481
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
24
342
606
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chrysomeloidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark Runner, Leaf Beetles, Long-horned Beetles
2
65
128
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Nigeria
2 Families width 128 Species and 4 Subspecies
Chrysomelidae Latreille, 1802Casebearers127SpeciesTaxom
Megalopodidae Latreille, 1802Megalopodid Leaf Beetles1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Nigeria
65 Genera with 128 Species
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Acrocassis Spaeth, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Adoxia Broun, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Afroeurydemus Selman, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Apophylia C.G. Thomson, 1858
0SpeciesTaxom
Aspidimorpha Hope, 19856SpeciesTaxom
Bonesia Baly, 1865
0SpeciesTaxom
Bonesioides Laboissière, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Bruchidius Schilsky, 1905
0SpeciesTaxom
Callispa Baly, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Callosobruchus Pic, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Candezea Chapuis, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Casmena Chapuis, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Cassida Linnaeus, 1835Tortoise Beetles3SpeciesTaxom
Cerochroa Gerstaecker, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Chiridopsis Spaeth, 18545SpeciesTaxom
Chrysispa Weise, 18972SpeciesTaxom
Coelaenomenodera Blanchard, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Colasposoma Laporte, 18654SpeciesTaxom
Colobaspis Fairmaire, 19521SpeciesTaxom
Coptocycla Chevrolat, 1837
0SpeciesTaxom
Crioceris Geoffroy, 1767Asparagus beetle2SpeciesTaxom
Cryptocephalus Geoffroy, 1857Cylindrical leaf beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Cryptonychus Gyllenhal, 18582SpeciesTaxom
Dactylispa Weise, 187916SpeciesTaxom
Dermoxanthus Baly, 18592SpeciesTaxom
Dicladispa Gestro, 18988SpeciesTaxom
Dorcathispa Weise, 18983SpeciesTaxom
Ennodius Lefèvre, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Epitrix Foudras, 18031SpeciesTaxom
Eupachytoma Laboissière, 1940
0SpeciesTaxom
Euryope Dalman, 18061SpeciesTaxom
Galeruca Geoffroy, 01SpeciesTaxom
Heteraspis Leonardi, 18754SpeciesTaxom
Jacobya Weise, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Lefevrea Jacoby, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Leptispa Baly, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Lilioceris Reitter, 18232SpeciesTaxom
Luperodes Motschulsky, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Megaleruca Laboissière, 1922
0SpeciesTaxom
Meniellus Weise, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Menius Buysson, 19392SpeciesTaxom
Microeurydemus Pic, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Microsyagrus Pic, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Monolepta Dejean, 19065SpeciesTaxom
Nerissus Chapuis, 19014SpeciesTaxom
Obelistes Lefèvre, 18851SpeciesTaxom
Oides Weber, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Oncocephala Agassiz, 18443SpeciesTaxom
Ootheca Chevrolat, 18892SpeciesTaxom
Pachnephorus L. Redtenbacher, 20075SpeciesTaxom
Pagria Lefèvre, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Paraivongius Pic, 18913SpeciesTaxom
Phyllobrotica Dejean, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Physonychis Clark, 1860
0SpeciesTaxom
Platycorynus Chevrolat, 18291SpeciesTaxom
Platypria Guérin-Ménev..., 18775SpeciesTaxom
Pseudocolaspis Laporte, 18602SpeciesTaxom
Rhembastus Harold, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Sermyloides Jacoby, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Stenoplatys Baly, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Strobiderus Jacoby, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Syagrus Chapuis, 18913SpeciesTaxom
Thysbina Weise, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Trichispa Chapuis, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Xenarthra Baly, 18891SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Nigeria
128 Species and 4 Subspecies
Acrocassis (Acrocassis) rufula Thomson, 1858
Adoxia femoralis Allard, 1889
Afroeurydemus alluaudi Lefèvre, 1889
Aspidimorpha (Aspidimorpha) dissentanea Boheman, 1862
Aspidimorpha (Aspidimorpha) officiosa Boheman, 1862
Aspidimorpha (Aspidimorpha) semiramosa Weise, 1880
Aspidimorpha (Aspidimorpha) tortuosa Boheman, 1862
Aspidimorpha (Semiaspidimorpha) chlorina Boheman, 1854
Aspidimorpha (Semiaspidimorpha) pseudochlorina Borowiec, 1985
Bonesioides rubricollis Freund & Wagner, 2003
Callispa (Callispa) kuntzeni Uhmann, 1932
Callosobruchus phaseoli Gyllenhal, 1833Cowpea Weevil
Candezea duvivieri Jacoby, 1897
Casmena murrayi Chapuis, 1874
Cassida (Crepidaspis) delenifica Boheman, 1862
Cassida (Crepidaspis) depicta Boheman, 1862
Cassida (Tylocentra) tosta Klug, 1835Glasswort
Cerochroa maculicollis Baly, 1864
Chiridopsis aequinoctialis Olivier, 1808
Chiridopsis aubei Boheman, 1855
Chiridopsis laetifica Boheman, 1862
Chiridopsis octoguttata Boheman, 1854
Chiridopsis opposita Boheman, 1854
Chrysispa natalica Péringuey, 1898
Chrysispa paucispina Weise, 1897
Coelaenomenodera (Coelaenomenodera) speciosa Gestro, 1905
Colasposoma auripes auripes Jacoby, 1894
Colasposoma fairmairei fairmairei Lefèvre, 1877
Colasposoma (Colasposoma) laticorne J. Thomson, 1858
Colasposoma (Colasposoma) viridivittatum Baly, 1865
Colobaspis bicolor Papp, 1952
Crioceris (Crioceris) nigrita Weise, J., 1912
Crioceris (Crioceris) paracenthesis Linnaeus, 1767
Cryptocephalus decemnotatus Suffrian, 1857
Cryptonychus (Cryptonychellus) breviceps Weise, 1911
Cryptonychus (Cryptonychus) murrayi Baly, 1858Mango shoot borer
Dactylispa (Podispa) melanaria Motschulsky, 1861
Dactylispa (Triplispa) aculeata Klug, 1835
Dactylispa (Triplispa) echinata Gyllenhal, 1817
Dactylispa (Triplispa) filicornis Weise, 1912
Dactylispa (Triplispa) nigritula Guérin-Ménev..., 1841
Dactylispa (Triplispa) orchymonti Uhmann, 1931
Dactylispa (Triplispa) pallipes Kraatz, 1895
Dactylispa (Triplispa) pubicollis Chapuis, 1877Armyworm
Dactylispa (Triplispa) puncticollis Gestro, 1906
Dactylispa (Triplispa) senegalensis Uhmann, 1956
Dactylispa (Triplispa) sibutensis Achard, 1917
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 fraternus Baly, 1859
Dermoxanthus fulvus Baly, 1859
Dicladispa (Dicladispa) antennalis Kraatz, 1895
Dicladispa (Dicladispa) densa Uhmann, 1961
Dicladispa (Dicladispa) fallax Uhmann, 1930
Dicladispa (Dicladispa) gracilicornis Weise, 1905Western yellowstriped armyworm
Dicladispa (Dicladispa) kraatzi Weise, 1897
Dicladispa (Dicladispa) lettowi Uhmann, 1928
Dicladispa (Dicladispa) pallescens Guérin-Ménev..., 1841
Dicladispa (Dicladispa) usambarica Weise, 1898
Dorcathispa alternata Weise, 1900
Dorcathispa bellicosa (Guérin-Ménev..., 1841)⇒ Dorcathispa extrema Péringuay, 1898
Dorcathispa extrema Péringuay, 1898
Ennodius murrayi Chapuis, 1912
Epitrix pubescens Koch, 1803Flea beetle
Euryope subserricornis Latreille, 1806
Galeruca crassicornis
Heteraspis bidentata Baly, 1877
Heteraspis corrugata Lefèvre, 1885
Heteraspis murrayi Baly, 1865
Heteraspis viridula Lefèvre, 1875
Jacobya viridis Weise, 1904
Lefevrea minuta Jacoby, 1897
Leptispa graminum Gestro, 1906
Lilioceris (Lilioceris) africana Jacoby, 1895
Lilioceris (Lilioceris) livida Dalman, 1823
Luperodes marginatus Jacoby, 1882
Meniellus maculicollis Jacoby, 1897
Menius lacordairei Chapuis, 1874
Menius ruficeps Pic, 1939
Microeurydemus unimaculatus Pic, 1938
Microsyagrus gossypii Bryant, 1933
Monolepta goldingi Bryant, 1933
Monolepta nigra (Weise, 1922)⇒ Adoxia femoralis Allard, 1889
Monolepta phoebe Wilcox, 1973
Monolepta tropica (Weise, 1915)⇒ Monolepta phoebe Wilcox, 1973
Monolepta violaceipennis Jacoby, 1906
Nerissus femoralis Lefebure, 1875
Nerissus globulatus Kuntzen, 1912
Nerissus strigosus Chapuis, 1874
Nerissus tuberculatus tuberculatus Jacoby, 1901
Obelistes varians Lefèvre, 1885
Oides assimilis Gahan, 1891
Oncocephala angusticollis Gestro, 1906
Oncocephala proxima Gestro, 1899Large flesh fly
Oncocephala senegalensis Guérin-Ménev..., 1844
Ootheca coerulea Allard, 1889
Ootheca flavicollis Allard, 1889
Pachnephorus (Pachnephorus) crocodilinus Zoia, 2007
Pachnephorus (Pachnephorus) gardinii Zoia, 2007
Pachnephorus (Pachnephorus) senegalensis Achard, 1914
Pachnephorus (Pachnephorus) torridus Baly, 1878
Pachnephorus fasciatus occidentalis Zoia, 2007
Pagria gossypii Bryant, 1933
Paraivongius murrayi Baly, 1878
Paraivongius parvulus Jacoby, 1903
Paraivongius plagiatus Lefèvre, 1891
Phyllobrotica africana Jacoby, 1894
Platycorynus azureus Sahlberg, 1829
Platypria (Dichirispa) centetes Guérin-Ménev..., 1840
Platypria (Dichirispa) coronata Guérin-Ménev..., 1840
Platypria (Dichirispa) decemspinosa Kraatz, 1895
Platypria (Dichirispa) funebris Gestro, 1905
Platypria (Dichirispa) luctuosa Chapuis, 1877
Pseudocolaspis favareli Pic, 1938
Pseudocolaspis murrayi Baly, 1860
Rhembastus benuensis Weise, 1907
Sermyloides unifasciata Jacoby, 1900
Stenoplatys pascoei Baly, 1861
Strobiderus brunneus Allard, 1889
Syagrus calcaratus Fabricius, 1775
Syagrus limbatus Lefèvre, 1891
Syagrus varicolor Lefèvre, 1891
Thysbina amata J. Thomson, 1858
Trichispa sericea Guérin-Ménev..., 1838Rice hispid
Xenarthra apicicornis Allard, 1889

Subnodes of Chrysomeloidea with occurrences in Nigeria
FamilyChrysomelidae
Latreille, 1802
Casebearers, Indet Leaf Beetle, Leaf and Seed Beetles, Leaf Beetle, Leaf beetles, Rootworms, Seed and leaf beetles
64
127
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMegalopodidae
Latreille, 1802
Megalopodid Leaf Beetles
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



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