Clytra Laicharting, 1781

Wang, Feng-Yan & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2011, A synopsis on the Chinese species of Clytra Laicharting, with description of two new species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae: Clytrini), Zootaxa 3067, pp. 1-25 : 3

Genus Clytra Laicharting, 1781

Clytra Laicharting, 1781: 165 ; Chapuis, 1874: 120; Jacoby & Clavareau, 1906: 32; Clavareau, 1913: 47; Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961: 88; Medvedev, 1961: 636; Regalin & Medvedev, 2010: 566.

Syn.: Clythra Fabricius, 1798: 110 ; Lacordaire, 1848: 190; Lefèvre, 1872: 139.

Camptolens Chevrolat, 1837 (nec Lacordaire, 1848): 419; Monrós, 1953: 47 (type: Clytra rugosa Fabricius ).

Type species: Chrysomela quadripunctata Linnaeus, 1758 .

Diagnosis. The genus Clytra can be recognized by the following character states: body similar in both sexes, cylindrical, generally robust; head and ventral side more or less pubescent, mandibles short, eyes large and oblong; antennae short; pronotum of variable shape, generally transverse, posterior angles of pronotum not elevated; elytra without produced epipleural lobes, epipleura not pubescent; legs robust, tarsi broad; last ventrite of the male generally with a smooth surface in the middle, while in the female with a fovea.