Doryphora_(beetle)
Doryphora (beetle)
Genus of leaf beetles
Doryphora is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. It includes nine species from Central and South America.[1]
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| Doryphora | |
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| Doryphora punctatissima | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Tribe: | Chrysomelini |
| Genus: | Doryphora Illiger, 1807 |
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Doryphora beetles live and feed on vines of family Apocynaceae.[2]
Doryphora reproduce during the transition from the dry to the wet season. Some species are subsocial, with adult females guarding their eggs and larvae from predation.[2]
The genus includes the following species:[3][4][5][6]
- Doryphora aeneoornata Stål, 1858
- Doryphora bella Baly, 1858
- Doryphora bioleyi (Achard)
- Doryphora centrumpunctata Achard, 1925
- Doryphora decemstillata Stål, 1858
- Doryphora diagonalis Stål, 1858
- Doryphora diagonalis diagonalis Stål, 1858
- Doryphora diagonalis ramulifera Achard, 1923
- Doryphora falleni Stål, 1859
- Doryphora impar Stål, 1859
- Doryphora insignicornis Stål, 1858
- Doryphora ligata Stål, 1858
- Doryphora paykulli (Stål, 1859)
- Doryphora princeps Gray, 1832
- Doryphora punctatissima (Olivier, 1790)
- Doryphora reticulata (Fabricius, 1787)
- Doryphora sallaei Stål, 1859
- Doryphora semiambita Stål, 1858
- Doryphora viridifasciata Jacoby, 1883
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- Benjamín Benítez-García; Sara López-Pérez; Santiago Zaragoza-Caballero (2017). "Sinopsis de los géneros mexicanos de Chrysomelinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad (in Spanish). 88 (2): 335–348. doi:10.1016/j.rmb.2017.03.026.
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