Glyptoscelis


Glyptoscelis is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. There are 38 species of Glyptoscelis described from North, Central and South America. There are also three species of Glyptoscelis known from the West Indies, though they are wrongly placed in the genus. In addition, a single species was described from Hunan, China in 2021.
According to BugGuide and ITIS, the genus is now placed in the tribe Eumolpini instead of Adoxini.

Species

These species belong to the genus Glyptoscelis:Glyptoscelis aeneipennis Baly, 1865Glyptoscelis albicans Baly, 1865 i c g bGlyptoscelis albida LeConte, 1859 i c g bGlyptoscelis alternata Crotch, 1873 i c g bGlyptoscelis aridis Van Dyke, 1938 i c gGlyptoscelis artemisiae Blake, 1967 i c gGlyptoscelis barbata i c gGlyptoscelis cahitae Blake, 1967Glyptoscelis chontalensis Jacoby, 1882Glyptoscelis coloradoensis Blake, 1967 i c gGlyptoscelis cryptica i c g bGlyptoscelis cylindrica Blake, 1967 i c gGlyptoscelis diabola Krauss, 1937 i c gGlyptoscelis dohrni Jacoby, 1900Glyptoscelis fascicularis Baly, 1865Glyptoscelis gayi Lefèvre, 1891Glyptoscelis gigas Jacoby, 1897Glyptoscelis guatemalensis Blake, 1967Glyptoscelis idahoensis Blake, 1967 i c gGlyptoscelis illustris Crotch, 1873 i c g bGlyptoscelis juniperi Blake, 1967 i c g bGlyptoscelis longior LeConte, 1878 i c gGlyptoscelis mexicana Jacoby, 1882Glyptoscelis monrosi Blake, 1952Glyptoscelis paraguayensis Jacoby, 1897Glyptoscelis parvula Blaisdell, 1921 i c gGlyptoscelis paula Blake, 1967 i c gGlyptoscelis peperi Blake, 1967 i c gGlyptoscelis pinnigera Blake, 1952Glyptoscelis prosopis Schaeffer, 1905 i c g bGlyptoscelis pubescens i c g b Glyptoscelis pulvinosus Glyptoscelis septentrionalis Blake, 1967 i c gGlyptoscelis sequoiae Blaisdell, 1921 i c gGlyptoscelis sinica Moseyko, 2021Glyptoscelis sonorensis Blake, 1967Glyptoscelis squamulata Crotch, 1873 i c g b Glyptoscelis vandykei Krauss, 1937 i c gGlyptoscelis yosemitae Krauss, 1937 i c g
Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net
Three additional species have been described from the West Indies. According to Doris Holmes Blake, in her 1967 review of the genus, they are wrongly placed in it:Glyptoscelis brevicornis Glyptoscelis fusca
  • ''Glyptoscelis hobsoni''