Chalepus

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

==Species== These 98 species belong to the genus Chalepus: Chalepus acuticornis (Chapuis, 1877) Chalepus aeneicollis Uhmann, 1930 Chalepus aenescens Weise, 1910 Chalepus alternevittatus Pic, 1932 Chalepus amabilis Baly, 1885 Chalepus amiculus Baly, 1885 Chalepus angulosus Baly, 1885 Chalepus asperifrons (Chapuis, 1877) Chalepus assmanni Uhmann, 1936 Chalepus aurantiacicollis Pic, 1931 Chalepus bacchus (Newman, 1840) Chalepus badeni (Chapuis, 1877) Chalepus balli Uhmann, 1936 Chalepus basilaris (Chapuis, 1877) Chalepus bellulus (Chapuis, 1877) Chalepus bicolor (Olivier, 1792) Chalepus bicoloriceps Pic, 1931 Chalepus binotaticollis Pic, 1931 Chalepus bivittatus Pic, 1932 Chalepus breveapicalis Pic, 1931 Chalepus brevicornis (Baly, 1885) Chalepus caracasensis Pic, 1931 Chalepus cautus Weise, 1911 Chalepus cincticollis Weise, 1905 Chalepus clypeatus Baly, 1885 Chalepus consanguineus Baly, 1885 Chalepus consimilis Weise, 1905 Chalepus cordiger (Chapuis, 1877) Chalepus cyanescens Spaeth, 1937 Chalepus cyanicornis Spaeth, 1937 Chalepus deborrei (Chapuis, 1877) Chalepus digressus Baly, 1885 Chalepus dorni Uhmann, 1930 Chalepus erosus Uhmann, 1948 Chalepus flaveolus (Chapuis, 1877) Chalepus flexuosus (Guérin-Méneville in Cuvier, 1844) Chalepus forticornis Weise, 1905 Chalepus garleppi Uhmann, 1939 Chalepus generosus Baly, 1885 Chalepus germaini Pic, 1931 Chalepus guatemalanus Pic, 1934 Chalepus hepburni Baly, 1885 Chalepus horni Baly, 1885 Chalepus lateralis Baly, 1885 Chalepus lineola (Chapuis, 1877) Chalepus longehumeralis Pic, 1931 Chalepus marginatus Baly, 1885 Chalepus marginiventris (Chapuis, 1877) Chalepus modestus Weise, 1911 Chalepus monilicornis Weise, 1910 Chalepus nigripictus Baly, 1885 Chalepus nigrithorax Pic, 1931 Chalepus nigrovirens (Chapuis, 1877) Chalepus notula (Chapuis, 1877) Chalepus obidosensis Pic, 1929 Chalepus panici Uhmann, 1950 Chalepus parananus Pic, 1927 Chalepus pauli Pic, 1932 Chalepus perplexus (Chapuis, 1877) Chalepus pici Descarpentries & Villiers, 1959 Chalepus picturatus Spaeth, 1937 Chalepus plebeius (Chapuis, 1877) Chalepus porosus (Germar, 1824) Chalepus pullus Weise, 1905 Chalepus pusillus Weise, 1910 Chalepus putzeysi (Chapuis, 1877) Chalepus quadricostatus (Chapuis, 1877) Chalepus ruficollis Pic, 1932 Chalepus rufiventris (Suffrian, 1868) Chalepus sanguinicollis (Linnaeus, 1771) Chalepus sanguinipennis Uhmann, 1930 Chalepus schmidti Uhmann, 1935 Chalepus scutellaris Pic, 1931 Chalepus scutellatus Uhmann, 1931 Chalepus selectus Weise, 1911 Chalepus similatus Baly, 1885 Chalepus subcordiger Uhmann, 1935 Chalepus subhumeralis Baly, 1885 Chalepus submarginatus Pic, 1932 Chalepus submetallicus Pic, 1931 Chalepus subparallelus Baly, 1885 Chalepus tappesi (Chapuis, 1877) Chalepus testaceiceps Pic, 1931 Chalepus teutonicus Uhmann, 1943 Chalepus titschacki Uhmann, 1931 Chalepus trivittatus Pic, 1932 Chalepus verticalis (Chapuis, 1877) Chalepus vicinalis Baly, 1885 Chalepus viduus Weise, 1905 Chalepus walshii (Crotch, 1873) Chalepus weyersi (Chapuis, 1877) Chalepus wygodzinskyi Uhmann, 1951 Chalepus yucatanus Champion, 1894