Immature stages of the generaJohannicaBlackburn,LamprolinaBaly andChalcolampraBlanchard (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Chrysomelinae)

Reid, Chris A. M.

doi:10.1080/00222939100770251

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“…The cycad‐feeding larva described herein differs from the larvae of Chrysomelinae (Reid, 1991) by lacking a paronychial appendix in the tibio‐tarsi. It differs from the shape of Cassidinae larvae (Lawrence, 1991) by being cylindrical and elongate, and from the larvae of the Eumolpinae (Reid & Storey, 1993) by the reduced length of the stem of the epicranial suture.…”

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Molecular evidence of cycad seed predation by immature Aulacoscelidinae (Coleoptera: Orsodacnidae)

Prado

McKenna

Windsor

2012

Systematic Entomology

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Adult beetles in the small subfamily Aulacoscelidinae (superfamily Chrysomeloidea) are known to feed on the foliage and juices of New World cycads (Order Cycadales; family Zamiaceae), but the habits of larvae have long remained a mystery. We provide the first direct evidence that Aulacoscelidinae larvae feed on and develop within the megagametophyte of the Mesoamerican cycad, Dioon merolae (Zamiaceae). Phylogenetic analyses based on partial DNA sequences from 3 genes recover a cycad seed‐feeding larva proposed to belong to Aulacoscelidinae. These observations reveal a more intimate feeding relationship between Aulacoscelidinae and their New World cycad host plants than was previously recognized. Further, adult Aulacoscelidinae have long been noted to resemble Jurassic fossil chrysomeloids in the extinct subfamily Protoscelidinae. The molecular, morphological, ecological and fossil data reported herein are broadly compatible with an early association between Aulacoscelidinae and their gymnosperm hosts.

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confidence: 76%

Molecular evidence of cycad seed predation by immature Aulacoscelidinae (Coleoptera: Orsodacnidae)

Prado

McKenna

Windsor

2012

Systematic Entomology

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“…obs.) and in captivity the chrysomeline Johannica avoided ovipositing on its Pandorea host, preferring corrugated cardboard which may have imitated the bark of the vine's host (Reid ). Larvae are the best indication of host, but are hidden in soil or plant tissue in many taxa (e.g.…”

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Australopapuan leaf beetle diversity: the contributions of hosts plants and geography

Reid

2016

Austral Entomology

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The diversity of Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) in Australia and New Guinea (Australopapua) is reviewed. There are 3100 described species in 244 genera, with a further 2300 species to be described or confirmed. Approximately 11.6% of the world species of Chrysomelidae are found in Australopapua. Among the larger subfamilies, there is a relative dearth of Bruchinae, Cassidinae and Criocerinae and a relative abundance of Chrysomelinae, Cryptocephalinae and Eumolpinae. In the smaller subfamilies, Lamprosomatinae and Synetinae are absent, whereas Sagrinae and Spilopyrinae are strongly represented. Endemicity at generic level is high, exceeding 30% in all subfamilies, except Donaciinae (one species), and exceeding 50% in Chrysomelinae, Cryptocephalinae, Eumolpinae, Sagrinae and Spilopyrinae. The most diverse and ecologically dominant plant orders host the most chrysomelid genera (39 genera on Myrtales, 34 on Fabales, 15 genera on both orders), but many major plant orders in the region, such as Ericales, are almost ignored. Processes contributing to the diversity of Chrysomelidae in Australopapua are discussed, particularly co-speciation, co-evolution, dispersal and vicariance.

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“…In the Americas, several species of Cassidinae, Eumolpinae and Galerucinae are recorded feeding on the leaves of Bignoniaceae (Jolivet & Hawkeswood 1995), which is typical adult feeding behaviour for these subfamilies (Reid 2017). In Australia, only the chrysomeline Johannica gemellata (Westwood, 1849) is known to feed on Bignoniaceae (Reid 1991). Bruchinae are not known to breed in the seedpods characteristic of this plant family (Morse 2014).…”

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Descriptions of the larva and pupa of Mecynodera balyi Clark, 1864, with notes on its life history (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Sagrinae)

Reid

Beatson

2019

Zootaxa

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The larva and pupa of the sagrine chrysomelid Mecynodera balyi Clark, 1864 are described and life history notes provided for this species. The larva of Mecynodera balyi is spermophagous and feeds inside seed pods of Pandorea, a vine in the Bignoniaceae. This is the first record of larval spermophagy in any chrysomelid other than Bruchinae, the sister subfamily to Sagrinae. Several morphological features of the immature stages are newly recorded for the Sagrinae. The implications of these new data for systematic placement of Sagrinae are discussed.

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Immature stages of the generaJohannicaBlackburn,LamprolinaBaly andChalcolampraBlanchard (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Chrysomelinae)

Cited by 11 publications

References 11 publications

Molecular evidence of cycad seed predation by immature Aulacoscelidinae (Coleoptera: Orsodacnidae)

Molecular evidence of cycad seed predation by immature Aulacoscelidinae (Coleoptera: Orsodacnidae)

Australopapuan leaf beetle diversity: the contributions of hosts plants and geography

Descriptions of the larva and pupa of Mecynodera balyi Clark, 1864, with notes on its life history (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Sagrinae)

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