Donacia


Donacia is a large genus of aquatic leaf beetles in the subfamily Donaciinae. Like other members of that subfamily, the beetles are have densely pubescent underside and long antennae. The genus is recognized by the truncate elytral apex and pubescent area above the procoxa. Adults are active and readily take flight. Adults feed on the upper epidermis of host plants; some may be pollen feeders. Larvae feed on the sap of submerged portions of aquatic plants, such as water lilies, sedges, Sagittaria, Sparganium, pond weed. They are believed to breathe oxygen from plant vessels as well as cutaneously. Adults live on surface parts of the same plants but can go under water for extended periods because of their plastron.
There are 15 proposed subgenera. The three largest subgenera are: Donacia s. str., with 10 Nearctic and 5 Palaearctic species; Donacia with about 6 Australasian species; and Donacia containing about 21 Nearctic species and about 75 Palaearctic species.

Species

These 113 species belong to the genus Donacia:
  • Donacia aequidorsis Jacobson, 1894
  • Donacia aeraria Baly, 1867
  • Donacia andalusiaca Kraatz, 1869
  • Donacia anetae Bienkowski, 2015
  • Donacia antiqua Kunze, 1818
  • Donacia aquatica
  • Donacia assimilis Lacordaire, 1845
  • Donacia aureocincta J.Sahlberg, 1921
  • Donacia bicolora Zschach, 1788
  • Donacia bicoloricornis Chen
  • Donacia biimpressa Melsheimer, 1847
  • Donacia brevicornis Ahrens, 1810
  • Donacia brevitarsis Thomson, 1884
  • Donacia caerulea Olivier, 1795
  • Donacia cazieri Marx, 1957
  • Donacia cincticornis Newman, 1838
  • Donacia cinerea Herbst, 1784
  • Donacia clavareaui Jacobson, 1906
  • Donacia clavipes Fabricius, 1792
  • Donacia confluenta Say, 1826
  • Donacia connelli Cockerell, 1927
  • Donacia cordovae Pierce, 1950
  • Donacia crassipes Fabricius, 1775
  • Donacia cuprea Kirby, 1837
  • Donacia delesserti
  • Donacia dentata Hoppe, 1795
  • Donacia disjecta Förster, 1891
  • Donacia dissimilis Schaeffer, 1925
  • Donacia distincta LeConte, 1851
  • Donacia draycoti Pierce, 1950
  • Donacia edentata Schaeffer, 1919
  • Donacia elongatula Scudder, 1898
  • Donacia fastuosa Khnzorian, 1962
  • Donacia fennica
  • Donacia flemora Goecke, 1944
  • Donacia frontalis Jacoby, 1893
  • Donacia fukiensis Goecke, 1944
  • Donacia fulgens LeConte, 1851
  • Donacia galaica Baguena, 1959
  • Donacia geiseltali Goecke, 1959
  • Donacia haupti Goecke, 1959
  • Donacia hirticollis Kirby, 1837
  • Donacia hiurai Kimoto, 1983
  • Donacia hypoleuca Lacordaire, 1845
  • Donacia impressa Paykull, 1799
  • Donacia jacobsoni Semenov & Reichardt, 1927
  • Donacia japana
  • Donacia jaroslavii Lomnicki, 1894
  • Donacia javana Wiedemann, 1821
  • Donacia koenigi Jacobson, 1927
  • Donacia kweilina Chen, 1966
  • Donacia lenzi Schonfeldt
  • Donacia letzneri Assmann, 1870
  • Donacia liebecki C.Schaeffer, 1919
  • Donacia lignitum Sordelli, 1882
  • Donacia limonia C.Schaeffer, 1925
  • Donacia lungtanensis Hayashi & Lee, 2009
  • Donacia lusow Hayashi & Lee, 2007
  • Donacia lynni Pierce, 1950
  • Donacia magnifica LeConte, 1851
  • Donacia malinovskyi Ahrens, 1810
  • Donacia marginata Hoppe, 1795
  • Donacia mediohirsuta Chen, 1966
  • Donacia megacornis Blatchley, 1910
  • Donacia microcephala
  • Donacia militaris Lacordaire, 1845
  • Donacia minuta Haupt, 1956
  • Donacia mistshenkoi Jacobson, 1910
  • Donacia nitidior
  • Donacia obscura Gyllenhal, 1813
  • Donacia obtusa Haupt, 1956
  • Donacia ochroleuca Weise, 1912
  • Donacia ozensis
  • Donacia palaemonis Heer, 1847
  • Donacia palmata Olivier, 1795
  • Donacia parvidens C.Schaeffer, 1919
  • Donacia piscatrix Lacordaire, 1845
  • Donacia pitoni Goecke, 1959
  • Donacia polita Kunze, 1818
  • Donacia pompatica Scudder, 1890
  • Donacia porosicollis Lacordaire, 1845
  • Donacia provostii Fairmaire
  • Donacia proxima Kirby, 1837
  • Donacia pterobrachys Haupt, 1956
  • Donacia pubescens LeConte, 1868
  • Donacia reticulata Gyllenhal, 1817
  • Donacia rottensis Goecke, 1960
  • Donacia rufescens Lacordaire, 1845
  • Donacia rugosa LeConte, 1878
  • Donacia semicuprea Panzer, 1796
  • Donacia simplex Fabricius, 1775
  • Donacia sparganii Ahrens, 1810
  • Donacia splendida Théobald, 1935
  • Donacia springeri Müller, 1916
  • Donacia statzi Goecke, 1943
  • Donacia stiria Scudder, 1890
  • Donacia stirioides Wickham, 1917
  • Donacia subtilis Kunze, 1818
  • Donacia tenuipunctata Théobald, 1935
  • Donacia texana Crotch, 1873
  • Donacia thalassina Germar, 1811
  • Donacia tomentosa Ahrens, 1810
  • Donacia tuberculata Lacordaire, 1845
  • Donacia tuberculifrons C.Schaeffer, 1919
  • Donacia uedana Hayashi, 2000
  • Donacia versicolorea
  • Donacia vicina Lacordaire, 1845
  • Donacia vietnamensis Kimoto & Gressitt, 1979
  • Donacia voigti Goecke, 1943
  • Donacia vulgaris Zschach, 1788
  • Donacia weigelti Goecke, 1943
  • Donacia weylandi Goecke, 1960
  • Donacia wightoni
  • Donacia zosterae Fabricius, 1801