Entomoscelis

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Cladus: Phytophaga
Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Chrysomelinae
Tribus: Chrysomelini
Subtribus: Entomoscelina
Genus: Entomoscelis
Species: c E. adonidis – E. berytensis – E. cornea – E. deserticola – E. dorsalis – E. erythrocnema – E. nigriventris – E. orientalis – E. pilula – E. pulla – E. rumex – E. sacra – ?E. melanostoma
Name

Entomoscelis Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836: 402

Type species: Chrysomela adonidis Pallas, 1771 by subsequent designation by Chevrolat, 1843: 656.

Gender: feminine
References
Primary references

Chevrolat, L.A.A. 1836. [new taxa]. In: Dejean, P.F.M.A. Catalogue des Coléoptères de la collection de M. le comte Dejean. Deuxième édition. [Livraison 5]. Paris: Méquignon-Marvis Père et Fils. pp. 361–443. BHL. Reference page.
Chevrolat, L.A.A. 1843. Articulés [new taxa]. In: d'Orbigny, C. (ed.) Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle. Tome troisième [Vol. 3]. Paris: Bureau principal de l'éditeur. 744 pp. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Bieńkowski, A.O. & Orlova-Bienkowskaja, M.J. 2023. On the quantitative criteria of subspecies in insects. Case study of Entomoscelis adonidis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in European Russia and the Caucasus. Zootaxa 5293(2): 201–229. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5293.2.1 Paywall. Reference page. [not seen]
Ge, S.-Q., Daccordi, M., Wang, S.-Y. & Yang, X.-K. 2009. Study of the Genus Entomoscelis Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae) from China. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 111(2): 410–425. DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797-111.2.410 Paywall. Reference page.
Kippenberg, H. 2010. Subfamily Chrysomelinae Latreille, 1802. Pp. 390–443. In: Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark. 924 pp. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2. Google Books. Reference page. [p. 428]
Kippenberg, H. & Mikhailov, Yu.E. 2020. Contribution to the knowledge of Entomoscelis adonidis (Pallas, 1771) and allied species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae). Koleopterologische Rundschau 90: 257–290. PDF. Reference page.
Mikhailov, Yu.E. 2019. Review of leaf beetles from the genus Entomoscelis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Kazakhstan and Central Asia. Zootaxa 4619(2): 285–296. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4619.2.5 Paywall. Reference page.

Links

Subfamily Chrysomelinae (Chrysomelidae) - atlas of leaf beetles of Russia

Entomoscelis is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 12 described species in Entomoscelis.[1][2][3][4] The genus has a Holarctic distribution. Adults have red elytra with black markings.[5]
Species

These 12 species belong to the genus Entomoscelis:[4]

Entomoscelis adonidis (Pallas, 1771)
Entomoscelis adonidis adonidis (Pallas, 1771) – Distribution: from Portugal to Russian Far East and the north-western part of North America (western Canada and western USA); includes the former Entomoscelis americana
Entomoscelis adonidis caucasica Kippenberg, 2020 – Distribution: Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Russia, Turkey
Entomoscelis adonidis goliath Abeille de Perrin, 1897 – Distribution: Southeastern Turkey
Entomoscelis berytensis (Reiche & Saulcy, 1858) – Distribution: Armenia, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Egypt (?)
Entomoscelis cornea Abeille de Perrin, 1897 – Distribution: North Africa, from Morocco to Libya
Entomoscelis deserticola Lopatin, 1967 – Distribution: China
Entomoscelis dorsalis (Fabricius, 1777)
Entomoscelis dorsalis bashkiriae Kippenberg, 2020 – Distribution: Russia (Bashkortostan)
Entomoscelis dorsalis dorsalis (Fabricius, 1777) – Distribution: Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Greece (?)
Entomoscelis dorsalis hammarstroemi Jacobson, 1901 – Distribution: Russia (southern Siberia)
Entomoscelis dorsalis iranica Kippenberg, 2020 – Distribution: Northern Iran (Tehran Province)
Entomoscelis dorsalis turkestana Mikhailov, 2020 – Distribution: Kazakhstan
Entomoscelis erythrocnema Jacobson, 1893 – Distribution: Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, northern Afghanistan
Entomoscelis nigriventris Daccordi & Yang, 2009 – Distribution: China
Entomoscelis orientalis Motschulsky, 1860 – Distribution: China
Entomoscelis pilula Lopatin, 1967 – Distribution: Caucasus and Central Asia
Entomoscelis pulla Daccordi & Ge, 2009 – Distribution: China
Entomoscelis rumex Kippenberg, 2020 (replacement name for Entomoscelis rumicis (Fabricius, 1787)) – Distribution: North Africa (Maghreb), Spain (?)
Entomoscelis sacra (Linnaeus, 1758) – Distribution: Romania, Moldova, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Ukraine, Crimea, Russia (Udmurtia), Georgia, Armenia, Turkey, Syria, Israel, Jordan, Iraq, Iran

Formerly included species:

Entomoscelis americana Brown, 1942 (red turnip beetle): synonym of Entomoscelis adonidis (Pallas, 1771)
Entomoscelis occidentalis Escalera, 1914: synonym of Entomoscelis cornea Abeille de Perrin, 1897
Entomoscelis suturalis Weise, 1882: synonym of Entomoscelis sacra (Linnaeus, 1758)

The name Entomoscelis melanostoma (Gmelin, 1790) is considered a nomen dubium.
References

"Entomoscelis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
"Entomoscelis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
"Entomoscelis genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
Kippenberg, H.; Mikhailov, Yu.E. (2020). "Contribution to the knowledge of Entomoscelis adonidis (Pallas, 1771) and allied species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae)" (PDF). Koleopterologische Rundschau. 90: 257–290.

Gerber, George H. (1994). "Biology of Entomoscelis Chevrolat". In Jolivet, P.H.; Cox, M.L.; Petitpierre, E. (eds.). Novel aspects of the biology of Chrysomelidae. Series Entomologica. Dordrecht: Springer. pp. 549–553. doi:10.1007/978-94-011-1781-4_4.