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Chalepus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae

Taxonomy
Chalepus was named by Thunberg (1805). It is extant. It is the type genus of Chalepini.

It was assigned to Chalepini by Butte (1968) and Bouchard et al. (2011).

Species
C. americanus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1805Chalepus Thunberg
1837Hispa (Anoplitis) Kirby
1837Anoplitis Kirby p. 227
1847Anoplites Heer p. 202
1968Chalepus Butte p. 117
2011Chalepus Bouchard et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
RankNameAuthor
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
—Phytophaga
superfamilyChrysomeloidea
familyChrysomelidae()
subfamilyCassidinaeGyllenhal 1813
tribeChalepiniWeise 1910
genusChalepusThunberg 1805

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Chalepus Thunberg 1805
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†Chalepus americanus Wickham 1914
Invalid names: Anoplitis Kirby 1837 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available