Oreina
genus of leaf beetles
Oreina is a genus of broad-shouldered leaf beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Chrysomelinae.
Species
The genus contains the following species, in seven subgenera:
Subgenus Allorina Weise, 1902
Oreina auricollis Stierlin, 1887
Oreina caerulea (Olivier, 1790)
Oreina canavesei Bontems, 1984
Oreina collucens (Daniel, 1903)
Subgenus Chrysochloa Hope, 1840
Oreina cacaliae (Schrank, 1785)
Oreina elongata (Suffrian, 1851)
Oreina fairmairiana (Gozis, 1882)
Oreina genei (Suffrian, 1851)
Oreina redikortzevi (Jakobson, 1924)
Oreina speciosissima (Scopoli, 1763)
Subgenus Frigidorina Kühnelt, 1985
Oreina frigida Weise, 1883
Subgenus Intricatorina Kühnelt, 1985
Oreina intricata (Germar, 1824)
Subgenus Oreina Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836 (sensu stricto)
Oreina alpestris (Schummel, 1844)
Oreina bifrons (Fabricius, 1792)
Oreina ganglbaueri (Jakob, 1953)
Oreina gloriosa (Fabricius, 1781)
Oreina liturata (Scopoli, 1763)
Oreina speciosa (Linnaeus, 1767)
Oreina sulcata (Gebler, 1823)
Oreina viridis (Duftschmid, 1825)
Subgenus Protorina Weise, 1894
Oreina ludovicae (Mulsant, 1854)
Oreina melancholica (Heer, 1845)
Oreina peirolerii (Bassi, 1834)
Oreina plagiata (Suffrian, 1861)
Oreina retenta Weise, 1894
Oreina schipkana (Jakob, 1953)
Oreina sibylla (Binaghi, 1938)
Subgenus Virgulatorina Kühnelt, 1985
Oreina virgulata (Germar, 1824)
References
Bontems, C., 1981 - Les especes de Linne et Fabricius du genre Oreina Chevrolat, 1837 (Col. Chrysomelidae, Chrysomelinae) - Nouv. Rev. Ent. 11: 93-109
Susanne Dobler; Patrick Mardulyn; Jacques M. Pasteels; Martine Rowell-Rahier (1996). "Host-plant switches and the evolution of chemical defense and life history in the leaf beetle genus Oreina" (PDF). Evolution. 50 (6): 2373–2386. doi:10.2307/2410706.
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