Luperini (beetle)

Luperini is a tribe of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 300 genera in the Luperini, placed in three subtribes.

Genera

The genera below belong to the tribe Luperini:

Subtribe Aulacophorina

• Section Aulacophorites:

1. Agetocera
2. Asbecesta
3. Aulacophora
4. Candezoides
5. Diacantha
6. Erythrobapta
7. Hatita
8. Jacobya
9. Jacobyanella
10. Lamprocopa
11. Leptaulaca
12. Mahutia
13. Mimagitocera
14. Neomahutia
15. Papuania
16. Paragetocera
17. Parasbecesta
18. Paridea
19. Pseudocophora
20. Sonchia

• Section Prosmidiites:

1. Anatela
2. Austrotella
3. Bacteriaspis
4. Cannonia
5. Halysacantha
6. Laetana
7. Laetiacantha
8. Oorlogia
9. Phyllobroticella
10. Prosmidia
11. Samoria
12. Shungwayana
13. Spilonotella
14. Taenala

Subtribe Diabroticina

Auth. Chapuis, 1875

• Section Cerotomites:

1. Cerotoma
2. Cyclotrypema
3. Eccoptopsis
4. Eucerotoma
5. Hyperbrotica
6. Hystiopsis
7. Interbrotica
8. Metrobrotica
9. Neobrotica
10. Potamobrotica
11. Rachicephala

• Section Diabroticites:

1. Acalymma
2. Amphelasma
3. Anisobrotica
4. Aristobrotica
5. Buckibrotica
6. Cochabamba
7. Cornubrotica
8. Diabrotica
9. Ensiforma
10. Gynandrobrotica
11. Isotes
12. Microbrotica
13. Palmaria
14. Paranapiacaba
15. Paratriarius
16. Platybrotica
17. Prathapanius
18. Pseudodiabrotica
19. Zischkaita

• Section Phyllecthrites:

1. Coronabrotica
2. Deinocladus
3. Ectmesopus
4. Heterochele
5. Leptonesiotes
6. Luperosoma
7. Oroetes
8. Parabrotica
9. Phyllecthris
10. Platymorpha
11. Porechontes
12. Romanita
13. Simopsis
14. Trachyelytron
15. Trichobrotica

• Section Trachyscelidites:

1. Trachyscelida

Subtribe Luperina

• Section Adoxiites:

1. Adoxia
2. Allastena
3. Astena
4. Bryobates
5. Kanarella
6. Khasia
7. Madurasia
8. Marseulia
9. Medythia
10. Microlepta
11. Neodrana
12. Neorupilia
13. Palaeosastra
14. Prasyptera
15. Shaira
16. Shairella
17. Synodita
18. Tschitscherinula

• Section Cerophysites:

1. Cerophysa
2. Cerophysella
3. Mindana
4. Pseudoscelida

• Section Doryscites:

1. Doryscus
2. Strobiderus
3. Trichobalya

• Section Eumeleptites:

1. Charaea
2. Craniotectus
3. Erganoides
4. Eumelepta
5. Nancita
6. Parexosoma

• Section Exosomites:

1. Beiratia
2. Bipleura
3. Brachyphora
4. Cassena
5. Cneorane
6. Cneoranidea
7. Coeligetes
8. Cynortina
9. Eubeiratia
10. Exosoma
11. Falsoexosoma
12. Hemistus
13. Lesnella
14. Liroetis (= Siemssenius = Zangia )
15. Malaconida
16. Microexosoma
17. Monocida
18. Niasia
19. Ootheca
20. Pimentelia
21. Sikkimia
22. Sinoluperus
23. Trichocneorane
24. Vitruvia

• Section Luperites:

1. Alopena
2. Anomalonyx
3. Dimalianella
4. Duvivieria
5. Epaenidea
6. Fleutiauxia
7. Haplotia
8. Hoplosaenidea
9. Huillania
10. Hyphaenia
11. Kanahiiphaga
12. Luisiadia
13. Luperus
14. Mindorina
15. Palpaenidea
16. Palpoxena
17. Protocoelocrania
18. Pseudaenidea
19. Pseudolognatha
20. Rohania
21. Ruwenzoria
22. Sardoides
23. Spilocephalus
24. Stenellina
25. Stenoplatys
26. Taumacera
27. Theopea
28. Theopella
29. Witteochaloenus

• Section Megalognathites:

1. Megalognatha
2. Pseudorupilia

• Section Monoleptites:

1. Abdullahius
2. Afrocandezea
3. Afrocrania
4. Afromaculepta
5. Afromegalepta
6. Afronaumannia
7. Afrorudolphia
8. Afrosoma
9. Afrotizea
10. Apteromicrus
11. Arcastes
12. Ashrafia
13. Atrachya
14. Barombiella
15. Bicolorizea
16. Bonesioides
17. Bradamina
18. Calomicrus
19. Candezea
20. Candezeososia
21. Ceratocalymma
22. Chikatunolepta
23. Chinochya
24. Cneorella
25. Cynortella
26. Desbordelepta
27. Epiluperodes
28. Euluperus
29. Eusattodera
30. Halinella
31. Leptomona
32. Lilophaea
33. Lomirana
34. Luperacantha
35. Luperodes
36. Macrima
37. Metrioidea
38. Monolepta
39. Monoleptinia
40. Monoleptocrania
41. Monoleptoides
42. Nadrana
43. Neobarombiella
44. Neochya
45. Neolepta
46. Nymphius
47. Ochralea
48. Orthoneolepta
49. Paleosepharia
50. Panafrolepta
51. Paraneolepta
52. Priapina
53. Pseudikopista
54. Pseudosepharia
55. Rubrarcastes
56. Trichosepharia
57. Tsouchya

• Section Ornithognathites:

1. Crampelia
2. Dilinosa
3. Hallirhotius
4. Mellesia
5. Ornithognathus

• Section Phyllobroticites:

1. Euliroetis
2. Haplosomoides
3. Hemygascelis
4. Hirtomimastra
5. Hoplasoma
6. Japonitata
7. Jolibrotica
8. Konbirella
9. Mimastra
10. Mimastrosoma
11. Phyllobrotica
12. Pubibrotica
13. Sosibiella
14. Trichomimastra
15. Xenarthracella

• Section Scelidites:

1. Aelianus
2. Agelopsis
3. Amplioluperus
4. Androlyperus
5. Carpiradialis
6. Clerotilia
7. Cornuventer
8. Eustena
9. Galerudolphia
10. Geethaluperus
11. Hesperomorpha
12. Hildebrandtianella
13. Inbioluperus
14. Keitheatus
15. Lusingania
16. Lygistus
17. Metacoryna
18. Mexiluperus
19. Microscelida
20. Monoaster
21. Nymphius
22. Parantongila
23. Plagiasma
24. Protoleptonyx
25. Pseudoluperus
26. Pseudomalaxia
27. Pteleon
28. Sakaramya
29. Scelida
30. Scelidacne
31. Scelolyperus
32. Scruptoluperus
33. Synetocephalus
34. Texiluperus
35. Triariodes
36. Triarius
37. Yulenia

• Section Xenodites:

1. Paraplotes
2. Phyllocleptis
3. Xenoda

• Not placed in section:

1. Afropachylepta
2. Borneotheopea
3. Doeberllepta
4. Dyolania
5. Hesperopenna
6. Kumbornia
7. Lanolepta
8. Luperogala
9. Nepalolepta
10. Oosagitta
11. Oothecoides
12. Ootibia
13. Pseudotheopea
14. Sinoluperoides
15. Taiwanaenidea
16. Taiwanoshaira
17. Xingeina

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