Paropsides is a genus of beetles commonly called leaf beetles and in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. They are distributed from eastern Asia to eastern Australia.[3] Paropsides are small and specialist feeders on native Australian plants. There are 21 species in Australia[1] and they occur mainly on the south-eastern states.[4] The green Paropsides calypso is a native species which commonly attacks the lillipilli genus Syzygium. [5] Paropsides opposita feeds on Tea tree Melaleuca sp.
| Paropsides | |
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| Paropsides calypso Lillipilli beetle | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Chrysomelinae |
| Genus: | Paropsides Motschulsky, 1860 |
| Type species | |
| Paropsis duodecempustulata (= Chrysomela soriculata Swartz, 1808) Gebler, 1825
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Paropsides belongs to the Paropsis-group of genera, with similar head, appendages, prosternum, elytra, tarsi and larva. Among these genera it is defined by possession of a single attribute, a full complement of pronotal (thoracic) trichobothria (bristles), which is almost certainly a plesiomorphy. Paropsides is therefore unlikely to be monophyletic.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b "Paropsides | Atlas of Living Australia". Bie.ala.org.au. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
- ^ Kippenberg, H. (2010). "Subfamily Chrysomelinae Latreille, 1802". In Löbl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. pp. 390–443. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2.
- ^ a b 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)
- ^ "Australian Faunal Directory". Environment.gov.au. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
- ^ "Lily Pilly Hedge - Pest eating leaves". Au.gardenweb.com. Retrieved 2015-11-19.