Luperus

Luperus
	Luperus flavipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Tribe:	Luperini
Subtribe:	Luperina
Genus:	Luperus; Geoffroy, 1762
Synonyms
	Lyperus Agassiz, 1846; Lyperus Bedel, 1892; Lyperus Billberg, 1820;

Luperus is a genus of mostly Palaearctic, skeletonizing leaf beetles, belonging to the family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Galerucinae and typical of the tribe Luperini.

Genera

European species within this genus include:^[2]

Luperus abdominalis Rosenhauer, 1856
Luperus aetolicus Kiesenwetter, 1861
Luperus alpicus Desbrochers, 1898
Luperus armeniacus Kiesenwetter, 1878
Luperus biraghii Ragusa, 1871
Luperus calabricus Laboissière, 1911
Luperus circassicus Medvedev, 1962
Luperus cyanipennis Küster, 1848
Luperus fiorii Weise, 1895
Luperus flaviceps Apfelbeck, 1912
Luperus flavipennis Lucas, 1849
- Luperus flavipennis flavus Rosenhauer, 1856
Luperus flavipes (Linnaeus, 1767) - type species (as Chrysomela flavipes L.)
Luperus floralis Faldermann, 1837
Luperus graecus Weise, 1886
Luperus kiesenwetteri Joannis, 1865
Luperus kiritshenkoi Ogloblin, 1936
Luperus leonardii Fogato, 1979
Luperus longicornis (Fabricius, 1781)
Luperus luperus (Sulzer, 1776)
Luperus maculicornis Desbrochers, 1872
Luperus nigripes Kiessenwetter, 1861
Luperus pygmaeus Joannis, 1865
Luperus pyrenaeus Germar, 1824
Luperus ragusai Laboissière, 1919
Luperus revelierei Perris, 1864
Luperus rhilensis Weise, 1900
Luperus rugifrons Weise, 1886
Luperus saxonicus (Gmellin, 1790)
Luperus sulphuripes Graells, 1858
Luperus viridipennis Germar, 1824
Luperus vitalei Ragusa, 1923
Luperus xanthopoda (Schrank, 1781)

^ Geoffroy EL (1762) Histoire abrégée des insectes qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris; dans laquelle ces animaux sont rangés suivant un ordre méthodique. Tome premier. Durand, Paris. xxviii + 523 pp., 10 pls.
^ Fauna europaea