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Xenochalepus sp.


Family: Chrysomelidae
Order: Coleoptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia

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Xenochalepus is a genus of tortoise beetles and hispines in the family Chrysomelidae. There are more than 90 described species in Xenochalepus.

Species: These 95 species belong to the genus Xenochalepus:
  • Subgenus Xenochalepus
  • Xenochalepus amplipennis (Baly, 1886)
  • Xenochalepus arcuatus Uhmann, 1940
  • Xenochalepus ater (Weise, 1905)
  • Xenochalepus bicostatus (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Xenochalepus cyanura Blake, 1971
  • Xenochalepus deyrollei (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Xenochalepus erichsoni (Weise, 1905)
  • Xenochalepus erythroderus (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Xenochalepus firmus (Weise, 1910)
  • Xenochalepus guyanensis (Spaeth, 1937)
  • Xenochalepus haroldi (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Xenochalepus holdhausi (Spaeth, 1937)
  • Xenochalepus mucunae Maulik, 1930
  • Xenochalepus nigripes (Weise, 1905)
  • Xenochalepus ocelliger Uhmann, 1940
  • Xenochalepus omogerus (Crotch, 1873)
  • Xenochalepus palmeri (Baly, 1886)
  • Xenochalepus peruvianus (Weise, 1905)
  • Xenochalepus phaseoli Uhmann, 1938
  • Xenochalepus potomacus Butte, 1968
  • Xenochalepus robiniae Butte, 1968
  • Xenochalepus rufithorax (Baly, 1885)
  • Xenochalepus thoracicus (Fabricius, 1801)
  • Xenochalepus univittatus (Baly, 1886)
  • Xenochalepus waterhousei (Baly, 1886)
  • Xenochalepus weisei Spaeth, 1937
  • Subgenus Neochalepus Staines & Riley, 1994
  • Xenochalepus ampliatus (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Xenochalepus angustus (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Xenochalepus annulatus (Pic, 1931)
  • Xenochalepus annulipes (Waterhouse, 1881)
  • Xenochalepus apicipennis (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Xenochalepus assimilis Uhmann, 1947
  • Xenochalepus atriceps (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Xenochalepus bahianus Uhmann, 1942
  • Xenochalepus bajulus Weise, 1911
  • Xenochalepus bilineatus (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Xenochalepus bogotensis Weise, 1921
  • Xenochalepus boliviensis (Pic, 1931)
  • Xenochalepus brasiliensis (Pic, 1931)
  • Xenochalepus cayennensis (Pic, 1931)
  • Xenochalepus cephalotes (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Xenochalepus chapuisi (Baly, 1886)
  • Xenochalepus chromaticus (Baly, 1885)
  • Xenochalepus contubernalis (Baly, 1885)
  • Xenochalepus cruentus Uhmann, 1948
  • Xenochalepus curticornis (Pic, 1931)
  • Xenochalepus dentatus (Fabricius, 1787)
  • Xenochalepus dictyopterus (Perty, 1832)
  • Xenochalepus dilaticornis (Pic, 1931)
  • Xenochalepus discernendus Uhmann, 1940
  • Xenochalepus discointerruptus (Pic, 1932)
  • Xenochalepus diversipes (Pic, 1931)
  • Xenochalepus donckieri (Pic, 1931)
  • Xenochalepus faustus (Weise, 1905)
  • Xenochalepus festivus Weise, 1911
  • Xenochalepus fiebrigi Spaeth, 1937
  • Xenochalepus fraternalis (Baly, 1886)
  • Xenochalepus frictus (Weise, 1905)
  • Xenochalepus goyasensis (Pic, 1931)
  • Xenochalepus gregalis (Pic, 1921)
  • Xenochalepus guerini (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Xenochalepus hespenheidei Staines, 2000
  • Xenochalepus humerosus Uhmann, 1955
  • Xenochalepus incisus Weise, 1911
  • Xenochalepus jacobi Uhmann, 1937
  • Xenochalepus kolbei Weise, 1911
  • Xenochalepus longiceps (Pic, 1931)
  • Xenochalepus maculicollis (Champion, 1894)
  • Xenochalepus mediolineatus (Baly, 1886)
  • Xenochalepus medius (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Xenochalepus metallescens (Weise, 1905)
  • Xenochalepus minarum Spaeth, 1937
  • Xenochalepus monrosi Uhmann, 1951
  • Xenochalepus morio (Fabricius, 1801)
  • Xenochalepus nigriceps (Blanchard, 1843)
  • Xenochalepus notaticollis (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Xenochalepus octocostatus Weise, 1911
  • Xenochalepus ornatus Weise, 1911
  • Xenochalepus pictus Weise, 1911
  • Xenochalepus platymeroides Uhmann, 1938
  • Xenochalepus platymerus (Lucas, 1859)
  • Xenochalepus pugillus (Spaeth, 1937)
  • Xenochalepus rectefasciatus Pic, 1932
  • Xenochalepus robustus (Pic, 1931)
  • Xenochalepus rubripennis (Spaeth, 1937)
  • Xenochalepus rubronotatus (Pic, 1931)
  • Xenochalepus serratus (Fabricius, 1787)
  • Xenochalepus suturata (Uhmann, 1957)
  • Xenochalepus tandilensis (Bruch, 1933)
  • Xenochalepus transversalis (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Xenochalepus trilineatus (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Xenochalepus velutinus (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Xenochalepus venezuelensis (Pic, 1931)
  • Xenochalepus viridiceps (Pic, 1934)
  • Xenochalepus vittatipennis (Spaeth, 1937)


Selected former species: 
  • Xenochalepus signaticollis (Baly, 1886) (moved to Odontota)

Source: Wikipedia, article Xenochalepus sp.. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.





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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
139419128/01/2021ArgentinaSanta FeReserva Ecológica Ciudad Universitaria UNL (RECU), Santa Fe1Gustavo Fernando Durán
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Xenochalepus sp. – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 24/09/2026.