Amphelasma Explained

Amphelasma is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles and flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are 11 described species in Amphelasma, distributed from Venezuela to Mexico, with one species (Amphelasma cavum) ranging in southern Arizona.

Selected species

• Amphelasma bipuncticolle
• Amphelasma cavum
• Amphelasma decoratum
• Amphelasma trilineatum
• Amphelasma unilineatum

Further reading

• How many genera and species of Galerucinae s. str. do we know? Updated statistics (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). In: Chaboo CS, Schmitt M (Eds) Research on Chrysomelidae. 2017. Nie . R-E. Bezděk . J.. Yang . X-K. ZooKeys. 720. 91–102. 10.3897/zookeys.720.13517. 5740445. 29290727. free. 2017ZooK..720...91N.
• Book: A Synopsis of the North American Galerucinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). 1965. Wilcox . John A.. New York State Museum and Science Service.
• Book: Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). 2003. Riley . Edward G.. Clark . Shawn M.. Seeno . Terry N.. The Coleopterists' Society. Special Publication No. 1. 978-0-9726087-1-8.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. 2013. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-26091-7.