Trachymela is a genus of beetles, commonly called
leaf beetles and in the subfamily
Chrysomelinae. These beetles are usually brown or black and have
elytra with
verrucae (bumps) and lacking
striae. Trachymela can be found in all states of Australia[2] There are over 120 species.[1][2]
The genus was first described by
Julius Weise in 1908.[4][5] In 1994, Mauro Daccordi synonymised the genus Chondromela with Trachymela, defining it as a subgenus of Trachymela.[4][6]
^Weise, J. 1908. Chrysomelidae und Coccinelidae. Fauna South Western Australia 2(1). 1-13 pp. [7].
^Daccordi, M. 1994. Notes for the phylogenetic study of Chrysomelinae, with descriptions of new taxa and a list of all the known genera. pp. 60-84 in Furth, D. (ed.). Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Chrysomelidae, Beijing, 1992. Leiden : Backhuys 150 pp. [78]
Trachymela is a genus of beetles, commonly called
leaf beetles and in the subfamily
Chrysomelinae. These beetles are usually brown or black and have
elytra with
verrucae (bumps) and lacking
striae. Trachymela can be found in all states of Australia[2] There are over 120 species.[1][2]
The genus was first described by
Julius Weise in 1908.[4][5] In 1994, Mauro Daccordi synonymised the genus Chondromela with Trachymela, defining it as a subgenus of Trachymela.[4][6]
^Weise, J. 1908. Chrysomelidae und Coccinelidae. Fauna South Western Australia 2(1). 1-13 pp. [7].
^Daccordi, M. 1994. Notes for the phylogenetic study of Chrysomelinae, with descriptions of new taxa and a list of all the known genera. pp. 60-84 in Furth, D. (ed.). Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Chrysomelidae, Beijing, 1992. Leiden : Backhuys 150 pp. [78]