Gastrophysa

Gastrophysa
Female G. polygoni
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Chrysomelinae
Tribe:	Chrysomelini
Genus:	Gastrophysa Chevrolat, 1836
Synonyms
Gastroidea Hope, 1840

Gastrophysa is a genus of beetles in the family Chrysomelidae, in which the females typically exhibit swollen, membranous abdomens, a condition known as physogastrism.

Gastrophysa viridula

Gastrophysa viridula

Species

These nine species belong to the genus Gastrophysa:

• Gastrophysa analis (Reitter, 1890)^g
• Gastrophysa atrocyanea Motschulsky^g
• Gastrophysa cyanea F. E. Melsheimer, 1847^i c g b (green dock beetle)
• Gastrophysa dissimilis (Say, 1824)^i c g b
• Gastrophysa formosa (Say, 1824)^i c g b
• Gastrophysa janthina Suffrian, 1851^g
• Gastrophysa polygoni (Linnaeus, 1758)^i c g b (knotweed leaf beetle)
• Gastrophysa unicolor (Marsham, 1802)^g
• Gastrophysa viridula (De Geer, 1775)^g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

1. "Gastrophysa Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
2. "Browse Gastrophysa". Catalogue of Life. Archived from the original on 2018-04-13. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
3. "Gastrophysa". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
4. "Gastrophysa Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-12.

External links

• Media related to Gastrophysa at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Gastrophysa at Wikispecies
• "Genus Gastrophysa". Bugguide.net. Retrieved 27 October 2010.