Checklist of - Entomological Society of Canada

Chrysomelidae
Genus GIBBOBRUCHUS Pic
Key to North American species: Whitehead and Kingsolver (1975)
G. mimus (Sayt
borealis (Schdnherr)
crataegi (Fahraeus)
Genus MEIBOMEUS Bridwell
Key to North American species: Kingsolver and Whitehead (1976)
M. musculus tSay)
a lb og ut tis (Motschulsky)
erythrocerus (Riley)
ON
ON
PQ
Genus ACANTHOSCELIDES Schilskv
A. aureolus (Horn)
A. calvus (Horn)
A. fraterculus (Horn)
A. obtectus (Say)t
fabae (Pi'iley)
u ar icor ni s (Motschulsky)
A. pauperculus (LeConte)
p ulicar iu s (Motschulsky)
rulzs (Motschulsky)
simplex (Motschulsky)
A. perforatus (Horn)
A. pullus (FalI)
A. seminuium (Horn)
_BC
NT BC
_BC
BC
BC
AB SK MB
-oN
AB SK MB ON
MB ON
AB
_MB
AB SK MB
PQ
Genus BRUCHUS Linn6
B. brachialis Fahraeust
B. pisorum (Linn6)t
pisi Linn6
B. rufimanus (Boheman)t
_BC
_BCAB
SK
-oN
MB ON
MB ON
PQ
PQ
NU NS
PE
NF
Genus BRUCHIDIUS Schilsky
Key to North American species:
B. cisti (Fabricius)t
unicolor (Olivier)
B. villosus (Fabricius)f
oler (Marsham)
Bottimer (1968)
BC
ON
Family CHRYSOMELIDAE leaf beetles
L. LeSage
The family Chrysomelidae is one of the largest
group of beetles in the world, with over 50 000
known species and many additional thousands to be
discovered, especially from Asia and the Neotropical
region; 569 species and subspecies are listed here for
Canada and Alaska. All known adults are phytophagous.
Primitive plants and ferns are used
infrequently, and conifers are barely touched; deciduous
trees, bushes, and weeds are preferred hostplants.
Some species are pollen eaters when in the
adult stage. Larvae show a broader ecological diversity:
Donaciinae are aquatic; Clytrinae live in ant
nests, where they feed on plant detritus and on ant
larvae or pupae; most Cryptocephalinae feed on
decaying matter in leaf litter; Criocerinae,
Chlamisinae, Chrysomelinae, and Cassidinae and
some Galerucinae and Alticinae feed on leaves: those
in remaining subfamilies are either root feeders, root
miners, stem miners, or leaf miners.
Chrysomelidae is usually classifred into 19 subfamilies
(Seeno and Wilcox 1982) of which 14 occur
in Canada. The fauna of the leaf beetles is relatively
well known in eastern Canada (except for some
alticine, galerucine, and cryptocephaline genera) but
is poorly known in western Canada. The present list
follows essentially the arrangement proposed by
Seeno and Wilcox (1982), except where the generic
concepts have been recently modifred.
AJ{ (42); YK (41); NT (72); BC (181); AB (217); SK
(174); MB (25a); ON (363); PQ (27a); NB (116); NS
(103);PE (19); LB (1a); NF (3a) o H (9); I (38)
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