Donaciinae

{{Short description|Subfamily of beetles}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Donacia.versicolorea.jpg | image_caption =''Donacia versicolorea'' | taxon = Donaciinae | authority = Kirby, 1837 }}

The '''Donaciinae''' are a subfamily of the leaf beetles, or Chrysomelidae, characterised by densely pubescent underside, generally club-shaped hind femora with one or two ventral teeth, and distinctly long antennae.<ref name=bugref/><ref name=xcit0/> They are found in mainly the Northern Hemisphere, with some species found in the Africa and Australasia.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Steffan|first=Wallace A.|date=1979-09-28|title=New ''Culex'' (''Acallyntrum'') from the Papuan Subregion (Diptera: Culicidae)1|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jmedent/16.2.133|journal=Journal of Medical Entomology|volume=16|issue=2|pages=133–139|doi=10.1093/jmedent/16.2.133|issn=1938-2928|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

thumb|''Plateumaris'' thumb|''Donacia palmata''

== Life cycle == Female Donaciinae lay eggs between aquatic plant stems and leaf sheaths, or on the underside of floating leaves.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last1=LAUX|first1=JAN-JAKOB|last2=KÖLSCH|first2=GREGOR|date=2014-03-05|title=Potential for passive internal dispersal: eggs of an aquatic leaf beetle have been known to survive passage through the digestive system of mallards|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/een.12097|journal=Ecological Entomology|volume=39|issue=3|pages=391–394|doi=10.1111/een.12097|s2cid=83827948 |issn=0307-6946|url-access=subscription}}</ref> When larvae hatch they are aquatic, and attach themselves to underwater stems and roots of their plant hosts. Host plants of most species consist of diverse plants along the margin of water bodies such as slow moving streams, ponds, and lakes. A few species are found on floating-leaved plants such as Potamogeton, while species of Donacia s.str. are found on the floating leaves of water lilies and Brasenia. Adults live in vegetation bordering ponds, marshes, lakes,<ref name="bugref" /> and brackish water environments.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Kölsch|first1=Gregor|last2=Krause|first2=Almut|last3=Goetz|first3=Nele|last4=Plagmann|first4=Silke|date=2010-07-31|title=The salinity preference of members of the genus Macroplea (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Donaciinae), fully aquatic leaf beetles that occur in brackish water|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2010.04.026|journal=Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology|volume=390|issue=2|pages=203–209|doi=10.1016/j.jembe.2010.04.026|issn=0022-0981|url-access=subscription}}</ref> While most Donaciinae have the ability to fly, the fully aquatic and flightless ''Macroplea mutica'' can disperse long distances using water birds; its eggs can survive passage though the gut of a bird.<ref name=":0" />

==Genera== These six genera belong to the subfamily Donaciinae: * ''Donacia'' Fabricius, 1775 i c g b * ''Donaciella'' Reitter, 1920 i c g * ''Macroplea'' Samouelle, 1819 i c g * ''Neohaemonia'' Székessy, 1941 i c g b * ''Plateumaris'' Thomson, 1859 i c g b * ''Poecilocera'' Schaeffer, 1919 i c g b Data sources: i = ITIS,<ref name=itis/> c = Catalogue of Life,<ref name=catlife/> g = GBIF,<ref name=gbif/> b = Bugguide.net<ref name=bugref/>

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=itis> {{Cite web| title=Donaciinae Report | url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=678801 | website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System | access-date=2018-05-04 }}</ref> <ref name=catlife> {{Cite web| title=Catalogue of Life | url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/ | access-date=2018-05-04 }}</ref> <ref name=gbif> {{Cite web| title=GBIF | url=https://www.gbif.org/ | access-date=2018-05-04 }}</ref> <ref name=bugref> {{Cite web| title=Donaciinae Subfamily Information | url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/28979 | website=BugGuide.net | access-date=2018-05-04 }}</ref> <ref name=xcit0> {{Cite web | access-date = 2018-05-04 | title = North American Cryptocephalus species (Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae) | url = http://texasento.net/Crypto.html | publisher = Texas Entomology }}</ref> }}

==Further reading== {{Refbegin}} * {{Cite book | editor-last1 = Arnett | editor-first1 = R.H. Jr. | editor-last2 = Thomas | editor-first2 = M. C. | editor-last3 = Skelley | editor-first3 = P. E. | editor-last4 = Frank | editor-first4 = J. H. | date = 2002 | title = American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea | publisher = CRC Press | isbn = 978-0849309540 }} * {{Cite book | last1 = Blatchley | first1 = W.S. | date = 1910 | title = An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana | url = https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18111#page/5/mode/1up | publisher = Nature Pub. }} * {{Cite journal | last1 = Bouchard | first1 = Patrice | last2 = Bousquet | first2 = Yves | last3 = Davies | first3 = Anthony E. | last4 = Alonso-Zarazaga | first4 = Miguel A. | last5 = Lawrence | first5 = John F. | display-authors = 4 | date = 2011 | title = Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta) | journal = ZooKeys | publisher = Pensoft Publishers | issue = 88 | pages = 1–972 | issn = 1313-2989 | doi = 10.3897/zookeys.88.807 | pmid = 21594053 | pmc = 3088472 | doi-access = free }} * {{Cite book | last1 = Clark | first1 = S.M. | last2 = Le Doux | first2 = D.G. | last3 = Riley | first3 = E.G. | last4 = Gilbert | first4 = A.J. | last5 = Sullivan | first5 = J.M. | display-authors = 4 | date = 2004 | title = Host Plants of Leaf Beetle Species Occurring in the United States and Canada | publisher = Coleopterists Society | isbn = 9780972608732 }} * {{Cite book | last1 = Crotch | first1 = G.R. | date = 1873 | title = Check list of the Coleoptera of America, north of Mexico | publisher = Naturalists' Agency | doi = 10.5962/bhl.title.38811 | doi-access = free | isbn = 0665070772 }} * {{Cite book | last1 = Evans | first1 = Arthur V. | last2 = Hogue | first2 = James N. | date = 2006 | title = Field Guide to Beetles of California | publisher = University of California Press | isbn = 978-0520246577 }} * {{Cite book | last1 = Lawrence | first1 = J.F. | last2 = Newton Jr. | first2 = A.F. | editor-last1 = Pakaluk | editor-first1 = James | editor-last2 = Slipinski | editor-first2 = Stanislaw Adam | date = 1995 | title = Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names) | series = Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson | publisher = Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN | volume = 2 | pages = 779–1006 | isbn = 83-85192-34-4 }} * {{Cite book | last1 = LeConte | first1 = J.L. | date = 1861 | title = Classification of the Coleoptera of North America | url = https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/85732 | series = Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections | publisher = Smithsonian Institution | volume = 3 | issue = 136 | isbn = 0665100558 | doi = 10.5962/bhl.title.38459 | doi-access = free }} * {{Cite book | last1 = Leng | first1 = Charles W. | date = 1920 | title = Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico | publisher = John D. Sherman, Jr. | doi = 10.5962/bhl.title.8777 | doi-access = free }} * {{Cite journal | last1 = Riley | first1 = Edward G. | last2 = Clark | first2 = Shawn M. | last3 = Gilbert | first3 = Arthur J. | date = 2001 | title = New records, nomenclatural changes, and taxonomic notes for select North American leaf beetles | url = http://journals.fcla.edu/mundi/article/view/24950 | journal = Insecta Mundi | volume = 15 | edition = 1 | pages = 1–17 | access-date = 2018-05-04 | archive-date = 2019-03-29 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190329172638/http://journals.fcla.edu/mundi/article/view/24950 | url-status = dead }} * {{Cite book | last1 = Riley | first1 = Edward G. | last2 = Clark | first2 = Shawn M. | last3 = Seeno | first3 = Terry N. | date = 2003 | title = Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae) | series = Special Publication | publisher = The Coleopterists Society | issue = 1 | isbn = 0-9726087-1-0 }} {{Refend}}

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Category:Donaciinae Category:Taxa named by William Kirby (entomologist) Category:Polyphaga subfamilies