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Calomela
Calomela curtisi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Chrysomelinae
Genus:	Calomela Hope, 1840
Type species
Chrysomela curtisi Kirby, 1819
Species
See text
Synonyms
Australica Chevrolat, 1836 (nomen oblitum) Callimela Agassiz, 1846 (unnecessary emendation) Calolina Lhoste, 1934 Carystea Baly, 1865 Lamecola Selman, 1976 Lamprotoptera Motschulsky, 1860 Paralepta Baly, 1878 Parastarycea Selman, 1977 Platysocia Lhoste, 1934 Pseudoparopsis Blackburn, 1899 Starycea Selman, 1977 Tetratica Motschulsky, 1860

Calomela is a genus of beetles commonly called leaf beetles and in the family Chrysomelidae. They are specialist feeders on various species of Acacia and are not reported as a problem species. The beetles are cylindrical when compared with other leaf beetles and their larvae are globose. Calomela includes about 45 species which are found in all states of Australia.

List of species

The genus includes the following species:

• Calomela acaciae (Lea, 1916)
• Calomela acervata (Blackburn, 1889)
• Calomela aeneonitens (Clark, 1865)
• Calomela apicalis Blackburn, 1889
• Calomela australica (Blackburn, 1893)
• Calomela bartoni (Baly, 1856)
• Calomela cingulata (Baly, 1856)
• Calomela colorata (Germar, 1848)
• Calomela crassicornis (Fabricius, 1775)
• Calomela curtisi (Kirby, 1818)
• Calomela distinguenda Blackburn, 1889
• Calomela eyrei Blackburn, 1890
• Calomela foveicollis (Baly, 1878)
• Calomela fugitiva Lea, 1903
• Calomela fulvilabris (Germar, 1848)
• Calomela gloriosa Lea, 1903
• Calomela imperialis Blackburn, 1893
• Calomela inornata (Baly, 1865)
• Calomela intemerata Lea, 1903
• Calomela ioptera (Baly, 1856)
• Calomela jansoni (Baly, 1865)
• Calomela juncta Lea, 1903
• Calomela laticollis Lea, 1916
• Calomela macleayi (Boisduval, 1835)
• Calomela maculicollis (Boisduval, 1835)
• Calomela micans (Baly, 1876)
• Calomela moorei Chu & Reid, 2018
• Calomela nigra Lea, 1903
• Calomela nigripennis Lea, 1903
• Calomela nitidipennis (Boisduval, 1835)
• Calomela pallida (Baly, 1856)
• Calomela parilis Lea, 1903
• Calomela picticornis Lea, 1929
• Calomela pubiceps (Lea, 1916)
• Calomela pulchella (Baly, 1856)
• Calomela regalis Lea, 1915
• Calomela relicta Reid, 1989
• Calomela ruficeps (Boisduval, 1835)
• Calomela satelles Blackburn, 1893
• Calomela selmani Daccordi, 2003
• Calomela sumptuosa (Selman, 1976)
• Calomela suturalis (Jacoby, 1885)
• Calomela tarsalis Blackburn, 1889
• Calomela testacea Lhoste, 1934
• Calomela vacillans Lea, 1915
• Calomela vittata (Baly, 1856)
• Calomela waterhousei (Baly, 1864)

References

1. Reid, C.A.M. (2006). "A taxonomic revision of the Australian Chrysomelinae, with a key to the genera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Zootaxa. 1292: 1–119. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1292.1.1. (Erratum: doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1306.1.6)
2. Chu, H.V.; Reid, C. (2018). "A new species of Calomela Hope in Southeastern Australia and validation of the generic name (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae)". Australian Entomologist. 45 (4): 475–488. (Abstract)
3. "Calomela". keys.lucidcentral.org. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
4. "Calomela parilis - Calomela gallery". Sites.google.com. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
5. "Australian Faunal Directory: Calomela". Environment.gov.au. 2014-02-10. Archived from the original on 2015-11-23. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
6. "Calomela | Atlas of Living Australia". Bie.ala.org.au. Retrieved 2017-02-28.

• Beetles of Australia
• Chrysomelidae genera
• Chrysomelinae
• Taxa named by Frederick William Hope
• Beetles described in 1840