Scelodonta facts for kids

Quick facts for kidsScelodonta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Eumolpinae
Tribe:	Bromiini
Genus:	Scelodonta; Westwood, 1838
Type species
	Scelodonta curculionoides; Westwood, 1838
Synonyms
	Heteraspis Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836 (priority?); Scelodontomorpha Pic, 1938;

Scelodonta (or Heteraspis) is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. The genus includes over 70 species, mainly from the Afrotropical, Palearctic and Oriental biogeographic realms. Only three species are found in Australia.

According to recent literature, the name Scelodonta Westwood, 1838 is actually a junior synonym of Heteraspis Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836. As the conditions for reversal of precedence in the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature are not met, Heteraspis should be used as the valid name for the genus.

Species

Select species include:

Scelodonta aeneola Lefèvre, 1885
Scelodonta albidovittata Baly, 1877
- Scelodonta albidovittata albidovittata Baly, 1877
- Scelodonta albidovittata ruandensis Burgeon, 1941
Scelodonta albomaculata Pic, 1939
Scelodonta alternata Jacoby, 1908
Scelodonta areolata Lefèvre, 1891
Scelodonta aurosignata Lefèvre, 1883
Scelodonta bella Pic, 1937
Scelodonta bidentata Baly, 1877
Scelodonta brevipilis Lea, 1915
Scelodonta carinata Bryant, 1956
Scelodonta celebensis Jacoby, 1894
Scelodonta chapuisi Lefèvre, 1884
Scelodonta congoana Weise, 1915
Scelodonta corrugata Lefèvre, 1885
Scelodonta costata Jacoby, 1894
Scelodonta costatipennis Pic, 1956
Scelodonta cuprea Bryant, 1935
Scelodonta curculionoides Westwood, 1838
Scelodonta cyanea Lefèvre, 1877
Scelodonta dillwyni (Stephens, 1831)
Scelodonta dispar Lefèvre, 1885
Scelodonta diversecostata Pic, 1941
Scelodonta gowdeyi Bryant, 1935
Scelodonta granulosa Baly, 1867
Scelodonta humeralis Pic, 1956
Scelodonta immaculata Jacoby, 1908
Scelodonta impressipennis Lefèvre, 1877
Scelodonta inaequalis Fairmaire, 1887
Scelodonta iriana Medvedev, 2009
Scelodonta kibonotensis Weise, 1910
Scelodonta laeviuscula Heller, 1900
Scelodonta lefevrei Jacoby, 1904
Scelodonta lewisii Baly, 1874
Scelodonta lineaticollis Pic, 1950
Scelodonta longicollis Jacoby, 1908
Scelodonta maculicollis Burgeon, 1941
Scelodonta maculosa Lefèvre, 1891
Scelodonta madoni Pic, 1949
Scelodonta monardi Pic, 1939
Scelodonta murrayi Baly, 1865
Scelodonta natalensis Baly, 1878
Scelodonta nilgiriensis Jacoby, 1908
Scelodonta palmerstoni Blackburn, 1889
Scelodonta parcepilosa Burgeon, 1941
Scelodonta pectoralis Jacoby, 1898
Scelodonta pulchella Baly, 1864
Scleodonta pulchra Schaufuss, 1885
Scelodonta purpureomaculata Baly, 1864
Scelodonta quadrifossulata Burgeon, 1941
Scelodonta raffrayi Lefèvre, 1877
Scelodonta rugipennis Jacoby, 1904
Scelodonta sansibarica Gerstaecker, 1871
Scelodonta sauteri Chûjô, 1938
Scelodonta sexplagiata Jacoby, 1900
Scelodonta simoni Baly, 1878
Scelodonta spinipes Pic, 1937
Scelodonta strigata Lefèvre, 1877
Scelodonta subcostata Jacoby, 1908
Scelodonta subglabra Gridelli, 1939
Scelodonta superba Pic, 1937
Scelodonta theresae Pic, 1956
Scelodonta trinotata Pic, 1939
Scelodonta turneri Bryant, 1952
Scelodonta vicina Harold, 1877
Scelodonta vietnamica Eroshkina, 1988
Scelodonta viridimaculata Jacoby, 1877
Scelodonta viridula Lefèvre, 1875
Scelodonta vitis Bryant, 1931
Scelodonta vitivora Bryant, 1935
Scelodonta vitticollis Weise, 1906
Scelodonta vittata (Olivier, 1808)
Scelodonta wittei Burgeon, 1942

Synonyms:

Scelodonta aenea Motschulsky, 1866: synonym of Pagria restituens (Walker, 1859)
Scelodonta egregia Lefèvre, 1877: synonym of Scelodonta bidentata Baly, 1877
Scelodonta indica Duvivier, 1891: synonym of Scelodonta dillwyni (Stephens, 1831)
Scelodonta orientalis Lefèvre, 1877: synonym of Scelodonta lewisii Baly, 1874
Scelodonta strigicollis Motschulsky, 1866: synonym of Scelodonta dillwyni (Stephens, 1831)