Genus Chalcolampra Blanchard, 1853

Museums

Regional Maps

• Promechus Chevrolat, L.A.A. 1847. in d'Orbigny, Dictionaire universel d'histoire naturelle..., vol. 9. Paris. 1-776 pp. [481] [nec Boisduval, 1835: 575].
• Chalcolampra Blanchard, C.E. 1853. Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les Corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée; exécuté par ordre du Roi pendant les années 1837–1838–1839–1840, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont-d'Urville, Capitaine de vaisseau; publié par ordre du Gouvernement, sous la direction supérieure de M. Jacquinot, capitaine de vaisseau, commandant de la Zélée. Zoologie. Description des Insectes. Paris : E. Thunot Vol. 4 422 pp. [328].

  Type species:

   Chalcolampra convexa Blanchard, 1853 by monotypy.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Seeno, T.N. & Wilcox, J.A. 1982. Leaf beetle genera (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). pp. 1-221 in Eichlin, T.D. & Papp, C.S. (eds). Entomography, An annual review for biosystematics. Sacramento, California : Entomography Publications Vol. 1. [86] (Promechus partim Chevrolat, 1847: 481 junior synonym Chalcolampra Blanchard, 1853: 328)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; NSW, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

General References

Reid, C.A.M. 2006. A taxonomic revision of the Australian Chrysomelinae, with a key to the genera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Zootaxa 1292: 1-119 [55] (diagnostic description)

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