Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae)

Timarcha (Timarcha) tenebricosa (Fabricius, 1775)

Krasnodar region, Gelendzhik district, Svetly settlement, 12. IX
17 mm
our largest leaf beetle





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[quote=Lafa,21.12.2013 14:38]  Colasposoma dauricum Mannerheim, 1849

Primorye, Partizansky district, VI

And I came across this species in the Irkutsk region. 5 km from Ust-Orda on a steep hillside in the valley of the Kuda River (a tributary of the Angara River) 15-VII-2011.
Previously, it was assumed that C. dauricum is distributed from Transbaikalia to the Far East.
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Edward, was this published somewhere? was it an isolated meeting? please give this information to Benkovsky, I think in the light of the upcoming book on leaf beetles of Russia, this point will be very useful

Timarcha (Timarcha) goettingensis goettingensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Lipetsk region, Krasninsky district, Plushan district, 15. IX

the northernmost timarkha-reaches the Kursk and Lipetsk regions. To my great regret, I haven't found it in Tambov yet.

The capture of this beetle is associated with very pleasant memories.
The trip to Plushan was formed by itself. "And let's go to Plushan?" - "And cho no something!" And we went. Turning off the gravel, we drove a little way along the forest in search of an overnight stay. We set up a camp, nestled, picked mushrooms, pulled a sheet, and took a walk to the Plushanka River. It was a beautiful night, quiet and warm. We have collected a good series of aprilines and various autumn motes. Caught until one o'clock in the morning. The generator is turned off, crawled into the tent and then the first huge drops...at first only sporadically, then just a downpour, we were standing on the terrace of Plushanka and there was a rather sloping "goat path"to the main road. It rained until morning. In the morning, everything is bright and good again. But it wasn't there! And how to leave! The slope is very high, and even on slippery clay mixed with washed-up chernozem. Swallow = tractor=ten roared and under the control of the unsurpassed pilot Ilya (IrokeZ) soared to the top Rejoicing at such luck (and I chewed very much) we went to collect mushrooms, because we had plenty of time. After slicing a few buckets of semi-white ones (they avoid this mushroom in vain - you need to be able to cook), we continued our way home. It turned out that this is not as easy as it seemed. The road ran along the edge of the field, and the sodden black soil turned into an irresistible stickiness. The car roared and dripped and only got more bogged down. Shovel, mud, mud, twigs, mud, mud, one of my human strength in addition to the horses of the car, mud, mud, mud in the face, all over the body, shovel, mud ....we stand the engine is boiling While Ilyukha was cooling the engine (or whatever this piece of iron is called), I wandered around the field, where I found THIS beetle in addition, I caught a zabrus (which I found earlier this year on the border of the region) and dug a bunch of aphodiums. I had time, because the car was boiling 2 times. We covered the way to gravel ~300 m in a little over an hour After a long excavation of the track to dry ground, our swallow, aka tractor, aka "ten" on the eyebrows=only on the front wheels (the rear ones were clogged with vigorous Russian chernozem and did not spin, but simply dragged after, like a dog with a broken spine) got to the gravel Then the swallow cheerfully dived into all the oncoming puddles of dietary supplements to throw off the excess of the fertile layer
My gratitude to the swallow = tractor=ten, the pilot = Ilya (IrokeZ), his wife Olga (who fed us, but what little things, just let us on the threshold) knows no bounds! I am glad that I have such friends! And they appeared thanks to molbiol

the culprit himself....



comparison with T. tenebricosa

Roma, well done! The Germans drowned in chernozem in ' 41... And what kind of mushrooms are these - semi-white? This is the first time I've heard it...

Roma, well done! The Germans drowned in chernozem in ' 41... And what kind of mushrooms are these - semi-white? This is the first time I've heard it...

https://www.google.ru/search?q=%D0%BF%D0%BE...%80%D0%B8%D0%B1

  https://www.google.ru/search?q=%D0%BF%D0%BE...%80%D0%B8%D0%B1

Roma had some other things in mind. The Polish ones grow in our forests. In the area of Plushani - nagornaya dubrava. Maybe duboviki? I hope he answers...

Edward, was this published somewhere? was it an isolated meeting? please give this information to Benkovsky, I think in the light of the upcoming book on leaf beetles of Russia, this point will be very useful

I took only 2 copies by mowing when catching wingless bears Epimidia dialampra. These data on Colasposoma dauricum have so far been reported only on Molbiol-E. I don't have Benkovsky's address.

And what kind of mushrooms are these - semi-white? This is the first time I've heard it...

Good mushrooms. Collected, and then more than an hour by car 300 meters go.

Pofluzhu a little bit
Xerocomus badius (Fr.) E.-J. Gilbert 1931 AKA "Polish mushroom", aka "Polish white", aka "Semi-white"

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I took only 2 copies by mowing when catching wingless bears Epimidia dialampra. These data on Colasposoma dauricum have so far been reported only on Molbiol-E. I don't have Benkovsky's address.

bienkowski@yandex.ru

Roma, well done! The Germans drowned in chernozem in ' 41... And what kind of mushrooms are these - semi-white? This is the first time I've heard it...

  https://www.google.ru/search?q=%D0%BF%D0%BE...%80%D0%B8%D0%B1

Roma had some other things in mind. The Polish ones grow in our forests. In the area of Plushani - nagornaya dubrava. Maybe duboviki? I hope he answers...

Pofluzhu a little bit
Xerocomus badius (Fr.) E.-J. Gilbert 1931 AKA "Polish mushroom", aka "Polish white", aka "Semi-white"

Yura, TEMPUS gave probably the most correct link. Other questions for Ilyukhina's mother-in-law the mushroom is associated with a pine tree, a fresh cut smells like carbolic acid (which is why they don't like it) I also wrote - you need to be able to cook properly = keep in the water overnight !!!!!

2 vasiliy-feoktistov
Vasily You are fundamentally wrong, Polish and semi-white are 2 completely different mushrooms


Subforum-images, theme-leaf eaters, HAROSH flood!!!!!!!!!! if there are leaf-eaters, put them up!
timarchs are welcome

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Roman, I'm stopping flooding. Leaf beetles E. adonidis are in the plans
Regarding polubelogo: we have so called Polish in the people sometimes (in different regions we live, so as for insects, only the Latin name is correct) and he loves our pine forest as well as everywhere else

Adonidis - that's fine I'll put up a couple too

Here it is, the ruthless fighter of the Red Book Adonis

Entomoscelis adonidis (Pallas, 1771)

atypical tambov region

Tambov region, Tambov district, Orlovka village district, on Adonis, 26. VII



standard kazakh

Kazakhstan, Chapaev city district, 17. IX

our second species of this genus

Entomoscelis suturalis Weise, 1882

District of Tambov, floodplain meadow, 28. IV

Well, I'll introduce you to a friend from Saratov:
Entomoscelis adonidis Pallas, 1771
17.05.2013 Saratov, on Descurainia sophia leg. V. Proklov (aka kotbegemot)
UPD: I will add another one that is excellent in color. And maybe I'll add more so-ka received from Vlad a decent series and now ragrebayu. Thanks to Vlad

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well, let's continue CHRYSOMELINAE, but let's be consistent and start with the genus Chrysolina, everyone is invited

Chrysolina (Anopachys) aurichalcea (Gebler, 1825)

Primorye, Partizansky district, VI



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another species from this subgenus, which turns its head to beetles for 10 years, they say, lives on tansy, the larvae do not seem to be known yet, but I may be wrong, because I have not been following the news for a long time. Unfortunately, I only have one impaled female, although I have been fishing in this place for many years. I know what is available in the Moscow and Penza regions, and now also in the Tambov region. If anyone has information about other regions, please let us know
http://www.zin.ru/animalia/coleoptera/rus/benkat11.htm
http://www.zin.ru/animalia/coleoptera/rus/chregfau.htm

Tambov region, Znamenskiy district, Starchiki village district, 24. VI

Chrysolina (Anopachys) eurina (Friv., 1883)



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updated Timarcha (Timarcha) tenebricosa (Fabricius, 1775) + photo of the beetle in natural conditions - it was going about its business at the bottom of a dried-up stream, but I interfered with its plans



it was a fun ride....
in the photo, on me, flip-flops that my mother put in the bag at the last moment-they saved me, TK sneakers and all the money was taken out of me on the first evening but there are also kind people, while I was lying on the asphalt with my teeth knocked out and barefoot-they laid a rug under me sorry cross rug, like a trophy lies in the red corner. I love the Caucasus, and it periodically falls in love with me. beautiful and instructive.... "eggs" now put in different corners...
some details about the love of Abkhazians can be found in "tales"

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if someone has information about other regions , please let us know

there is an old picture, for some reason I sincerely believed that it is on the ZIN site...
It's the only beetle I've got, from tansy, yes. Label: "Zavolzhye, Nizhny Novgorod region, Borsky district, Kerzhenets River (Kerzhensky zap.), VIII. 2007 P. Zinenko leg."
female, 7.5 mm. I've seen a couple more copies from the same locations, if I remember correctly. When we talked to A. Benkovsky about this topic, we decided that the species is "late" (adults are caught in August-September).

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This is not a small 17 mm leaf beetle from the Southern Part of Kazakhstan.
Chrysochares asiaticus orientalis Lopatin, 1963

if someone has information about other regions , please let us know
Chrysolina (Anopachys)

Since there is such an interest, I will add some almost secret information about Ukraine . Alas, no photos.

Chrysolina (Anopachys) eurina (Frivaldszky, 1883): Collected on June 6, 2008, 1♀ at the edge of foliage. forests in the roc. Uzhgorod near the border with Slovakia. This is the first yet unpublished type designation for Ukraine. From a zoogeographic point of view, this is nothing new, since this locale is completely embedded in that part of the torn (?) the area of Ch. eurina, which is called "inside the Carpathian arc". Further east to the conditional Moscow-Tambov line, a large "hole"is obtained. Maybe it will gradually fill up (they found it in Poland already), or maybe not. Tansy for 20 years on the subject of weevils-leaf-eaters-barbels, I examine the entire field season in my Chernihiv region. - well, we don't have it, period (yet)
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Chrysolina (Anopachys) asclepiadis (Villa, 1833): In Brovdiya's monograph (1977, Fauna of Ukraine), this particular species is listed for Kiev as aurichalcea. It lives in the Chernobyl area (Artemisia vulgaris). I haven't found it yet..

Ch. (Anopachys) aurichalcea (Gebler in Mannerheim, 1825). Benkovsky ( http://www.zin.ru/animalia/coleoptera/rus/chry3key.htm ) is specified from the Crimea. I regularly collect real aurichalcea in various places in the Chernihiv region on the same Artemisia vulgaris. The lifestyle is identical to that of asclepiadis (see Brovdii, 1977: as aurichalcea problematica). It may not cross the Dnieper River, because for Poland, for example, Ch. aurichalcea is no longer specified: there's only asclepiadis.

Who has other information/hypotheses-write, very interesting.

Chrysomela (Strickerus) cuprea Fabricius, 1775
12.05.2012г. Vladimir region, Petushinsky district, district, village Starye Omutischi, forest clearing, "in years", isolated.
Oddly enough, I live in the same direction only closer to Moscow, and I have never found the view

For some reason, he likes shiny smooth leaves. The most brilliant, bright green leaves of our willows are found in Salix pentandra. That's just on it we have and sits, but not everywhere and quite locally. In May, spreading beetles were repeatedly collected on equally shiny leaves by Populus deltoides (=canadensis), but here they were obviously attracted only by the shiny surface. The species does not develop on poplars.

For some reason, he likes shiny smooth leaves. The most brilliant, bright green leaves of our willows are found in Salix pentandra. That's just on it we have and sits, but not everywhere and quite locally. In May, spreading beetles were repeatedly collected on equally shiny leaves by Populus deltoides (=canadensis), but here they were obviously attracted only by the shiny surface. The species does not develop on poplars.

And according to my observations, Chrysomela cuprea is a spring species: overwintered adults are active in May. Collected only on shrubby willows (their type was not determined).

So I wrote that overwintering beetles in May, when they settle, accidentally come across on a poplar tree, in the 2nd half of May and before ser. July (young) - on the specified willow. Salix pentandra-also often grows as a shrub, but more often it is a low tree, prefers damp edges. It is easily recognized by large bright smooth leaves, and in late autumn-by white catkins with flying fluff. It bears fruit after the fall of leaves, much later than all our other willows.
To the north, of course, it can also live on other willows. This year, try to determine the type of willow-it would be interesting to compare observations.

This year, try to determine the type of willow-it would be interesting to compare observations.

Be sure to find it interesting yourself.

For some reason, he likes shiny smooth leaves. The most brilliant, bright green leaves of our willows are found in Salix pentandra.

In my opinion, the most shiny smooth leaves of Salix phylicifolia. On the upper side.

In my opinion, the most shiny smooth leaves of Salix phylicifolia. On the upper side.

Thanks for the information.
Well, Salix phylicifolia is a very northern species, first of all. In Ukraine, unless in the highlands of the Carpathians and then for the old doubtful (?) data. Secondly, as far as I know, it is a low shrub about a meter high. I also got the impression that the leaf beetle in question prefers to sit higher, mainly concentrating within 1.5-4 m above the ground, so it may not live on this willow. But on the other hand, its mysterious desire for sunlight-reflecting shiny leaves can win out.
In any case , it is up to you to test these hypotheses, this willow should be in the Leningrad region.

another species from this subgenus, which turns its head to beetles for 10 years, they say, lives on tansy, the larvae do not seem to be known yet, but I may be wrong, because I have not been following the news for a long time. Unfortunately, I only have one impaled female, although I have been fishing in this place for many years. I know what is available in the Moscow and Penza regions, and now also in the Tambov region. If anyone has information about other regions, please let us know
http://www.zin.ru/animalia/coleoptera/rus/benkat11.htm
http://www.zin.ru/animalia/coleoptera/rus/chregfau.htm

Tambov region, Znamenskiy district, Starchiki village district, 24. VI

Chrysolina (Anopachys) eurina (Friv., 1883)

 
Chrysolina (Anopachys) eurina (Frivaldszky, 1883): Collected on June 6, 2008, 1♀ at the edge of foliage. forests in the roc. Uzhgorod near the border with Slovakia. This is the first yet unpublished type designation for Ukraine. From a zoogeographic point of view, this is nothing new, since this locale is completely embedded in that part of the torn (?) the area of Ch. eurina, which is called "inside the Carpathian arc". Further east to the conditional Moscow-Tambov line, a large "hole"is obtained. Maybe it will gradually fill up (they found it in Poland already), or maybe not. Tansy for 20 years on the subject of weevils-leaf-eaters-barbels, I examine the entire field season in my Chernihiv region. - well, we don't have it, period (yet)
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I just discovered it today. The most recent, very interesting article on this type:

http://www.zin.ru/Animalia/Coleoptera/rus/orlpdf13.htm

Thanks for the information.
Well, Salix phylicifolia is a very northern species, first of all. In Ukraine, unless in the highlands of the Carpathians and then for the old doubtful (?) data. Secondly, as far as I know, it is a low shrub about a meter high. I also got the impression that the leaf beetle in question prefers to sit higher, mainly concentrating within 1.5-4 m above the ground, so it may not live on this willow. But on the other hand, its mysterious desire for sunlight-reflecting shiny leaves can win out.
In any case , it is up to you to test these hypotheses, this willow should be in the Leningrad region.

We have this kind of common, so I didn't think that in Ukraine it might not occur. And the view is really northern. Stereotype of thinking - I got used to bumping into this willow tree first.
Only S. phylicifolia is not a meter tall. Usually taller than a human, 3-3. 5 meters at least.
However, despite the smooth and shiny leaves, leaf beetles of the genera Chrysomela and Gonioctena categorically ignore this willow. That's what surprised me about your message.

Maybe someone will have a passable photo of Chrysolina (Chalcoidea) carnifex (Fabricius, 1792), and then my only female, is not photogenic at all

in the meantime, the photo is very popular in our region
Chrysolina (Chalcoidea) marginata (Linnaeus, 1758)
previously, Vasily exhibited the "black" male, now a "bronze" female
Tambov region, Michurinsky district, village of Yarok, forest edge. forests, 11.VI




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Maybe someone will have a passable photo of Chrysolina (Chalcoidea) carnifex (Fabricius, 1792), and then my only female, is not photogenic at all

Roman, I would love to, but my current photography technique doesn't make the most beautiful beetle photogenic. No need to press on the corn . If everything works out, maybe I'll get a good photo by spring. Then straight to the wormwood them and poschelkayu. If I can, because in the photo department teapot

  
Only S. phylicifolia is not a meter tall. Usually taller than a human, 3-3. 5 meters at least.

Hm... And I was guided by the " Determinant of higher plants of Ukraine, 1999, 2nd ed.". They say: "0.5-1.5 m." In the north of the ETR, probably optimal conditions for this species, maybe because it grows higher than in our highlands (from where it seems to be indicated).

  
However, despite the smooth and shiny leaves, leaf beetles of the genera Chrysomela and Gonioctena categorically ignore this willow. That's what surprised me about your message.

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With leaves-this is my hypothesis. I want to find out how this leaf beetle behaves in other regions. But if we take willows specifically, then on smooth-and pubescent-leafy species of them, different (taxonomically similar) species / trophic forms of beetles often live. In any case, the preference for one of the groups is very well expressed in almost everyone.

With these chrysomelas of ours, everything is not as simple as it seems. Take here Ch. lapponica. Not so long ago, it turned out that its birch and willow forms behave in nature as different species (who cares -- http://www.zfmk.de/BZB/BzB_54_4_06_Gross_Fatouros.pdf ; there are other articles - you can google them). But no one has yet decided to separate them taxonomically. Who knows how it is with Ch. cuprea. Therefore, I ask those who catch this species regularly to determine the type of willow, to observe where and how it (the leaf-eater) lives. The result may be interesting - there is reason to hope for it a little.

Hm... And I was guided by the " Determinant of higher plants of Ukraine, 1999, 2nd ed.". They say: "0.5-1.5 m." In the north of the ETR, probably optimal conditions for this species, maybe because it grows higher than in our highlands (from where it seems to be indicated).

In the Leningrad region and according to literature data 3-6 meters.

Therefore, I ask those who catch this species regularly to determine the type of willow, to observe where and how it (the leaf-eater) lives. The result may be interesting - there is reason to hope for it a little.

I collect leaf beetles, and I know how to identify willows by sight, but I don't really meet these leaf beetles here.

What an interesting topic!
I'll start adding my own beetles.
Chrysolina cerealis, near Volgograd, VIII 2009

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Cosmogramma kinbergi Bohm. det. Mauro Daccordi and A. O. Benkovsky

Equador, Imbabura prov., Lita vill., h-900 m., 3.02-16.03






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I sit "primus mending", or rather, beetles straightening and I remembered an anecdote
meet in the" next world " Hitler, Napoleon and the Colorado potato beetle.
Napoleon - I brought the whole of Europe to its knees!
Hitler - I put half the world on its knees!
Colorado potato beetle - and I put the whole world cancer...

many people have stood in front of Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say, 1824) in a similar position, but this genus is not rich in them alone...

Leptinotarsa sp.

Equador, Imbabura prov., Lita vill., h-900 m., 3.02-16.03




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Chrysolina (Euchrysolina) graminis (Linnaeus, 1758) female

SE Tambov, Druzhba forest Park 19. VII




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  Chrysolina (Euchrysolina) graminis (Linnaeus, 1758) female

SE Tambov, Druzhba forest Park 19. VII

And what kind of plant? I can't admit it...