Dicranosterna

Dicranosterna is a genus of leaf beetles, in the subfamily Chrysomelinae.

Dicranosterna
Dicranosterna immaculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:
Chrysomelinae
Genus:
Dicranosterna

Species
See text for complete list

These beetles are hemispherical and the larvae are globular (spherical).[1] The elytra have coarse punctures which are non striate (non aligned).

There are 36 species[2] and they occur throughout Australia.[3]

Dicranosterna is endemic to Australia. Host-plant is Acacia The record for Eucalyptus (Jolivet and Hawkeswood 1995) is erroneous (Reid 2002c). Larvae are globular, with inconspicuous setae and a pair of dorsal glands, and lack apicoventral (rear) pseudopoda (prolegs).[4]

  • Dicranosterna vexabilis
  • Dicranosterna semipunctata
  • Dicranosterna immaculata larva

Species
  • Dicranosterna abdominalis Chapuis, 1877
  • Dicranosterna aeraria (Chapuis, 1877)]]
  • Dicranosterna alessandrae (Daccordi, 2005)
  • Dicranosterna bicolor (Daccordi, 2003)
  • Dicranosterna bipuncticollis (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Dicranosterna circe (Stål, 1860)
  • Dicranosterna coccinelloides (Olivier, 1807)
  • Dicranosterna contracta (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Dicranosterna foraminosa (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Dicranosterna globata (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Dicranosterna globulosa (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Dicranosterna hastata (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Dicranosterna hemisphaerica (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Dicranosterna immaculata (Marsham, 1808)
  • Dicranosterna lateralis (Blackburn, 1893)
  • Dicranosterna limbata (Weise, 1917)
  • Dicranosterna mimulav (Blackburn, 1890)
  • Dicranosterna ngarinmana (Daccordi, 2003)
  • Dicranosterna nigrosuturalis (Lea, 1924)
  • Dicranosterna novemlineata (Lea, 1924)
  • Dicranosterna oblonga (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Dicranosterna palmensis (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Dicranosterna picea (Olivier, 1807)
  • Dicranosterna prolixa (Weise, 1917)
  • Dicranosterna rubeola (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Dicranosterna ruffoi Daccordi, 2003
  • Dicranosterna selene (Blackburn, 1901)
  • Dicranosterna semipunctata (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Dicranosterna septentrionalis (Weise, 1917)
  • Dicranosterna stali (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Dicranosterna subaeraria (Lea, 1924)
  • Dicranosterna subovalis (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Dicranosterna trimorpha (Lea, 1924)
  • Dicranosterna umbrata (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Dicranosterna valica Daccordi, 2003
  • Dicranosterna vexabilis Weise, 1917

References
  1. http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Dicranosterna#tab_gallery
  2. http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Dicranosterna#tab_classification
  3. http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Dicranosterna#
  4. "Zootaxa" (PDF).
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