Glyptoscelis is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. There are 38 species of Glyptoscelis described from North, Central and South America. There are also three species of Glyptoscelis known from the West Indies, though they are wrongly placed in the genus. In addition, a single species was described from Hunan, China in 2021.
According to BugGuide and ITIS, the genus is now placed in the tribe Eumolpini instead of Adoxini.
Species These species belong to the genus Glyptoscelis:
Glyptoscelis aeneipennis Baly, 1865 Glyptoscelis albicans Baly, 1865 i c g b Glyptoscelis albida LeConte, 1859 i c g b Glyptoscelis alternata Crotch, 1873 i c g b Glyptoscelis aridis Van Dyke, 1938 i c g Glyptoscelis artemisiae Blake, 1967 i c g Glyptoscelis barbata (Say, 1826) i c g Glyptoscelis cahitae Blake, 1967 Glyptoscelis chontalensis Jacoby, 1882 Glyptoscelis coloradoensis Blake, 1967 i c g Glyptoscelis cryptica (Say, 1824) i c g b Glyptoscelis cylindrica Blake, 1967 i c g Glyptoscelis diabola Krauss, 1937 i c g Glyptoscelis dohrni Jacoby, 1900 Glyptoscelis fascicularis Baly, 1865 Glyptoscelis gayi Lefèvre, 1891 Glyptoscelis gigas Jacoby, 1897 Glyptoscelis guatemalensis Blake, 1967 Glyptoscelis idahoensis Blake, 1967 i c g Glyptoscelis illustris Crotch, 1873 i c g b Glyptoscelis juniperi Blake, 1967 i c g b Glyptoscelis longior LeConte, 1878 i c g Glyptoscelis mexicana Jacoby, 1882 Glyptoscelis monrosi Blake, 1952 Glyptoscelis paraguayensis Jacoby, 1897 Glyptoscelis parvula Blaisdell, 1921 i c g Glyptoscelis paula Blake, 1967 i c g Glyptoscelis peperi Blake, 1967 i c g Glyptoscelis pinnigera Blake, 1952 Glyptoscelis prosopis Schaeffer, 1905 i c g b Glyptoscelis pubescens (Fabricius, 1777) i c g b (hairy leaf beetle) Glyptoscelis pulvinosus (Blanchard, 1851) Glyptoscelis septentrionalis Blake, 1967 i c g Glyptoscelis sequoiae Blaisdell, 1921 i c g Glyptoscelis sinica Moseyko, 2021 Glyptoscelis sonorensis Blake, 1967 Glyptoscelis squamulata Crotch, 1873 i c g b (grape bud beetle) Glyptoscelis vandykei Krauss, 1937 i c g Glyptoscelis yosemitae Krauss, 1937 i c g
Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net
Three additional species have been described from the West Indies. According to Doris Holmes Blake, in her 1967 review of the genus, they are wrongly placed in it: Glyptoscelis brevicornis (Olivier, 1808) Glyptoscelis fusca (Drapiez, 1820) Glyptoscelis hobsoni (Curtis, 1840)
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