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Leaf Beetles
Chrysomelidae
The insects of family Chrysomelidae are beetles, commonly known as leaf beetles, includes over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making it one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle families. Numerous subfamilies are recognized, but only some of them are listed below and the precise taxonomy and systematics are likely to change with ongoing research.
12 branches of this family, most-observed first
Skeletonizing Leaf and Flea Beetles
subfamilyGalerucinae
Chrysomelinae
subfamilyChrysomelinae
Tortoise and Hispine Beetles
subfamilyCassidinae
Case-bearing Leaf Beetles
subfamilyCryptocephalinae
Eumolpinae
subfamilyEumolpinae
Shining Leaf Beetles
subfamilyCriocerinae
Pea and Bean Weevils
subfamilyBruchinae
Aquatic Leaf Beetles
subfamilyDonaciinae
Sagrinae
subfamilySagrinae
Synetinae
subfamilySynetinae
Lamprosomatinae
subfamilyLamprosomatinae
Spilopyrinae
subfamilySpilopyrinae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 51146.