Gastrophysa

Genus of beetles

Gastrophysa
Female G. polygoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Chrysomelinae
Tribe: Chrysomelini
Genus: Gastrophysa
Chevrolat, 1836
Synonyms

Gastroidea Hope, 1840

Gastrophysa is a genus of beetles in the family Chrysomelidae, in which the females typically exhibit swollen, membranous abdomens, a condition known as physogastrism.

Gastrophysa viridula
Gastrophysa viridula

Species

These nine species belong to the genus Gastrophysa:

  • Gastrophysa analis (Reitter, 1890) g
  • Gastrophysa atrocyanea Motschulsky g
  • Gastrophysa cyanea F. E. Melsheimer, 1847 i c g b (green dock beetle)
  • Gastrophysa dissimilis (Say, 1824) i c g b
  • Gastrophysa formosa (Say, 1824) i c g b
  • Gastrophysa janthina Suffrian, 1851 g
  • Gastrophysa polygoni (Linnaeus, 1758) i c g b (knotweed leaf beetle)
  • Gastrophysa unicolor (Marsham, 1802) g
  • Gastrophysa viridula (De Geer, 1775) g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

  1. ^ "Gastrophysa Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  2. ^ "Browse Gastrophysa". Catalogue of Life. Archived from the original on 2018-04-13. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  3. ^ "Gastrophysa". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  4. ^ "Gastrophysa Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  • Media related to Gastrophysa at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Gastrophysa at Wikispecies
  • "Genus Gastrophysa". Bugguide.net. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
Taxon identifiers
Gastrophysa


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