Graphops

Graphops is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. There are 19 described species in Graphops, all from North America.[3][4][5][6] Most species have limited flight capabilities, due to poorly developed wings,[7] and at least one species is known to be flightless.[8]

Graphops
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Eumolpinae
Tribe:	Typophorini
Genus:	Graphops LeConte, 1884[1]
Synonyms
Heteraspis LeConte, 1859 (preoccupied)[2]

According to BugGuide and ITIS, the genus is now placed in the tribe Typophorini instead of Adoxini.[6][3]

Species

These 19 species belong to the genus Graphops:

• Graphops barberi Blake, 1955 ^{i c g}[7]
• Graphops beryllina LeConte, 1884 ^{i c g b}[1]
• Graphops cavani Clark & Heninger, 2016[8]
• Graphops comosa Blake, 1955 ^{i c g b}[7] (Monahans sandhill chrysomelid)
• Graphops curtipennis (F. E. Melsheimer, 1847) ^{i c g b}
• Graphops exilis Blake, 1955 ^{i c g}[7]
• Graphops floridana Blake, 1955 ^{i c g}[7]
• Graphops marcassita (Crotch, 1873) ^{i c g b}[9]
• Graphops nebulosa (LeConte, 1859) ^{i c g b}[2]
• Graphops nigella Blake, 1955 ^{i c g b}[7]
• Graphops obscura LeConte, 1884 ^{i c g}[1]
• Graphops pubescens (F. E. Melsheimer, 1847) ^{i c g b}
• Graphops punctata Blake, 1955 ^{i c g}[7]
• Graphops simplex LeConte, 1884 ^{i c g b}[1]
• Graphops smaragdula (LeConte, 1859) ^{i c g}[2]
• Graphops tenuis Blake, 1955 ^{i c g}[7]
• Graphops varians LeConte, 1884 ^{i c g}[1]
• Graphops viridis Blake, 1955 ^{i c g b}[7]
• Graphops wyomingensis Blake, 1955 ^{i c g}[7]

Data sources: i = ITIS,[3] c = Catalogue of Life,[4] g = GBIF,[5] b = Bugguide.net[6]

Doubtful species:[7]

• Graphops bicolor (Lefèvre, 1877)
• Graphops cupraea (Provancher, 1878)

References

1. LeConte, J. L. (1884). "Short Studies of North American Coleoptera. (No. 2)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 12: 1–32. doi:10.2307/25076447. JSTOR 25076447.
2. LeConte, J. L. (1859). "The Coleoptera of Kansas and eastern New Mexico". Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. 11: i–vi, 1–58. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.18986.
3. "Graphops Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
4. "Browse Graphops". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
5. "Graphops". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
6. "Graphops Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
7. Blake, D. H. (1955). "A study of LeConte's species of the chrysomelid genus Graphops with descriptions of some new species". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 113 (4): 263–301.
8. Clark, Shawn M.; Heninger, Amanda J. (2016). "A Flightless New Species of Graphops Leconte, 1884 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) from Utah, USA". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 70 (1): 171–176. doi:10.1649/072.070.0125.
9. Crotch, G. R. (1873). "Materials for the Study of the Phytophaga of the United States". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 25 (1): 19–83. JSTOR 4624297.

Further reading

• Riley, Edward G.; Clark, Shawn M.; Seeno, Terry N. (2003). Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Special Publication No. 1. The Coleopterists' Society. ISBN 978-0-9726087-1-8.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26091-7.