Peltoschema
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| Peltoschema orphana Fireblight beetle | |
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| Genus: | Peltoschema Reitter, 1880 
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Peltoschema is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. This genus contains about 94 species.[1][2] Some mimic ladybird beetles and others are pests and can cause serious defoliation of their host plants. Peltoschema orphana (the fireblight beetle) can defoliate and kill populations of silver wattle.[3][4] and badly damage Acacia mearnsii.[5] Peltoschema suturalis is native to Australia and another pest of Acacias.[6]
Taxonomy
The genus was first described by Edmund Reitter in 1880, with the type species being Peltoschema filicornis, by monotypy,[7][8] and was redescribed in 2001 by Reid and Slipinski.[9] The taxonomic decision for the synonymy of Acacicola Lea, 1903, Pyrgoides, and Pyrgo is based on Reid and Slipinski's 2001 paper.[8][9]
Distribution
Beetles of this genus are found in all states and territories of Australia.[8]
Host plants
Host plants include not only plants in the genera Acacia and Daviesia in the Fabaceae family, but also plants in the Myrtaceae and Apocynaceae families.[2]
Species
- Peltoschema amabilis
 - Peltoschema anxia
 - Peltoschema apicata
 - Peltoschema arethusa
 - Peltoschema basicollis
 - Peltoschema brevifrons
 - Peltoschema bunyamontis
 - Peltoschema calomeloides
 - Peltoschema caloptera
 - Peltoschema carbonata
 - Peltoschema cardinalis
 - Peltoschema clio
 - Peltoschema cooki
 - Peltoschema daphne
 - Peltoschema delicatula
 - Peltoschema depressa
 - Peltoschema didyma
 - Peltoschema dimidiata
 - Peltoschema discoidalis
 - Peltoschema dryope
 - Peltoschema erythrocephala
 - Peltoschema excisipennis
 - Peltoschema eyrensis
 - Peltoschema festiva
 - Peltoschema filicornis
 - Peltoschema flavoinclusa
 - Peltoschema fuscitarsis
 - Peltoschema haematosticta
 - Peltoschema hamadryas
 - Peltoschema hera
 - Peltoschema immaculicollis
 - Peltoschema infirma
 - Peltoschema irene
 - Peltoschema isolata
 - Peltoschema jucunda
 - Peltoschema lepida
 - Peltoschema livida
 - Peltoschema longula
 - Peltoschema lucidula
 - Peltoschema lucina
 - Peltoschema macrosticta
 - Peltoschema maculiventris
 - Peltoschema mansueta
 - Peltoschema medea
 - Peltoschema medioflava
 - Peltoschema mediorufa
 - Peltoschema mediovittata
 - Peltoschema mitis
 - Peltoschema mjoebergi
 - Peltoschema modesta
 - Peltoschema navicula
 - Peltoschema nigritula
 - Peltoschema nigroconspersa
 - Peltoschema nigropicta
 - Peltoschema niobe
 - Peltoschema notata
 - Peltoschema obtusata
 - Peltoschema oceanica
 - Peltoschema oenone
 - Peltoschema orphana
 - Peltoschema pallidula
 - Peltoschema pandora
 - Peltoschema partita
 - Peltoschema perplexa
 - Peltoschema platycephala
 - Peltoschema posticalis
 - Peltoschema prosternalis
 - Peltoschema pulchella
 - Peltoschema quadrizonata
 - Peltoschema rostralis
 - Peltoschema rubiginosa
 - Peltoschema rufopicta
 - Peltoschema scaphula
 - Peltoschema scutellata
 - Peltoschema scutifera
 - Peltoschema spectabilis
 - Peltoschema stillatipennis
 - Peltoschema subaenescens
 - Peltoschema subapicalis
 - Peltoschema substriata
 - Peltoschema suturalis
 - Peltoschema suturella
 - Peltoschema tarsalis
 - Peltoschema tetraspilota
 - Peltoschema tricosa
 - Peltoschema trilineata
 - Peltoschema turbata
 - Peltoschema venusta
 - Peltoschema venustula
 - Peltoschema verticalis
 - Peltoschema vesta
 - Peltoschema vicina
 - Peltoschema virens
 - Peltoschema viridula
 - Peltoschema ziczac
 
Further reading
- José Antonio Jurado Rivera (2014), FILOGENIA MOLECULAR, SISTEMÁTICA YEVOLUCIÓN DE LOS CHRYSOMELINAEAUSTRALIANOS (COLEOPTERA,CHRYSOMELIDAE) (in Spanish), Wikidata Q112978144
 - Chris A.M. Reid (14 August 2006). "A taxonomic revision of the Australian Chrysomelinae, with a key to the genera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Zootaxa. 1292 (1): 1. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.1292.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. Wikidata Q97466695.
 
References
- ^ "Biolab".
 - ^ a b José A Jurado-Rivera; Alfried P Vogler; Chris A M Reid; Eduard Petitpierre; Jesús Gómez-Zurita (1 February 2009). "DNA barcoding insect-host plant associations". Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 276 (1657): 639–648. doi:10.1098/RSPB.2008.1264. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 2660938. PMID 19004756. Wikidata Q52695186.
 - ^ "NZ Farm Forestry - Home Page". nzffa.org.nz.
 - ^ "Traralgon South Environment Site". Retrieved 16 November 2015.
 - ^ Fagg,P. (2016). "Fireblight affecting wattle trees". The Victorian Naturalist. 133 (6): 199–201. ISSN 0042-5184.
 - ^ "Peltoschema suturalis". NZ Farm Forestry. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
 - ^ Reitter, E. (1880). "Neun neue Clavicornier (Coleoptera)" (PDF). Verhandlungen des naturforschenden Vereines in Brünn (in German). 18: 1–6 [4].
 - ^ a b c "Australian Faunal Directory: Peltoschema". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2022-07-08.
 - ^ a b C. A M. Reid; S. A. Ślipiński (September 2001). "Peltoschema Reitter, a Hitherto Unrecognised Chrysomeline: Redescription and Synonymy (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 55 (3): 330–337. doi:10.1649/0010-065X(2001)055[0330:PRAHUC]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0010-065X. Wikidata Q94245036.
 
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