Scelida Explained

Scelida is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are at least four described species in Scelida. They are found in North America and the Neotropics.

Species

These four species belong to the genus Scelida:

• Scelida flaviceps (Horn, 1893)
• Scelida metallica Jacoby, 1888
• Scelida mimula
• Scelida nigricornis (Jacoby, 1888)

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.
• 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.