Charidotis

***Charidotis*** er en slekt biller som tilhører familiegruppen bladbiller (Chrysomelidae).

## Utseende
Små til middelsstore, oftest grønnlige bladbiller, nærmest sirkelrunde sett ovenfra, den midtre delen gjerne med noe metallisk glans. Ofte har den midtre delen svarte, ringformede tegninger og billen kan ligne på en skyteskive sett ovenfra. Antennene er trådformede og middels lange. Kroppen er egentlig ganske normalt proporsjonert, med pronotum og dekkvingene er kraftig utvidet mot sidene slik at de vanligvis helt dekker oversiden, både hodet og beina er skjult under dette skjoldet. Med utvidelsen blir kroppsformen oval og ganske flat. Larvene er korte og brede med litt uttrukket bakkroppsspiss som de gjerne holder bøyd fremover over kroppen. Kroppen er kledt med korte, kraftige pigger.

## Levevis
Både larvene og de voksne (imago) billene lever av å spise blad på næringsplanten. De voksne (imago) sitter tett inntil planten og det store flate halsskjoldet og dekkvingene gjør at billen kan være svært vanskelig å oppdage, og det er vanskelig for rovdyr å nå den sårbare undersiden. Larvene gjemmer seg gjerne under et tak av gammel avføring og planterester som er festet til den fremoverbøyde bakkroppsspissen.

## Utbredelse
Slekten er utbredt i Mellom- og Sør-Amerika.

## Systematisk inndeling

Den systematiske plasseringen av gruppen skjoldbiller er uavklart, den har tradisjonelt vært regnet som en underfamilie av bladbiller, slik som i denne oversikten. Mens enkelte plasserer den inn som en stamme (tribe) i delgruppe Hispinae, som tradisjonelt har vært regnet som søstergruppe til skjoldbillene, eller motsatt blir Hispinae plassert som en undergruppe (da kalt Hispini) av skjoldbillene.

* orden **[[biller]]** (Coleoptera)
** underorden **[[Polyphaga]]**
*** overfamilie **[[Chrysomeloidea]]** Latreille, 1802 (=Phytophaga) 
**** familien  bladbiller (Chrysomelidae Latreille, 1802) 
***** underfamilien **[[Skjoldbiller]]**, Cassidinae Stephens, 1831
****** stamme (tribe) **[[Cassidini]]** Gyllenhal, 1813 – eneste gruppe som er representert i Europa
******* slekten ***Charidotis*** Boheman, 1854
******** *[[Charidotis abrupta]]* Boheman, 1855 	 
******** *[[Charidotis admirabilis]]* Boheman, 1855 	 
******** *[[Charidotis aerosa]]* Spaeth, 1936 	 
******** *[[Charidotis affinis]]* Spaeth, 1939 	 
******** *[[Charidotis aguapretana]]* Spaeth, 1939 	 
******** *[[Charidotis ambigua]]* Boheman, 1855 	 
******** *[[Charidotis annularis]]* (Boheman, 1855) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis annulifera]]* (Boheman, 1855) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis arrowi]]* Spaeth, 1936 	 
******** *[[Charidotis astraea]]* Spaeth, 1936 	 
******** *[[Charidotis atramentosa]]* Boheman, 1855 	 
******** *[[Charidotis aurofasciata]]* (Erichson, 1847) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis auroguttata]]* Boheman, 1855 	 
******** *[[Charidotis aurulenta]]* (Fabricius, 1801) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis balteata]]* (Champion, 1894) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis beatula]]* Spaeth, 1936 	 
******** *[[Charidotis bellula]]* Boheman, 1855 	 
******** *[[Charidotis benedicta]]* Boheman, 1862 	 
******** *[[Charidotis biannulifera]]* (Champion, 1894) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis biarcuata]]* (Boheman, 1855) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis bicallosula]]* Spaeth, 1936 	 
******** *[[Charidotis bicincta]]* Boheman, 1855 	 
******** *[[Charidotis bicingulata]]* (Boheman, 1855) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis bimarginata]]* Boheman, 1855 	 
******** *[[Charidotis bipartita]]* (Boheman, 1855) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis bondari]]* Spaeth, 1939 	 
******** *[[Charidotis brevicollis]]* Spaeth, 1936 	 
******** *[[Charidotis candens]]* (Boheman, 1855) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis carbunculus]]* Spaeth, 1926 	 
******** *[[Charidotis cauta]]* Spaeth, 1936 	 
******** *[[Charidotis centromaculata]]* Boheman, 1855 	 
******** *[[Charidotis chacoana]]* Spaeth, 1936 	 
******** *[[Charidotis chermesina]]* Spaeth, 1936 	 
******** *[[Charidotis cinctella]]* Boheman, 1855 	 
******** *[[Charidotis cincticulus]]* (Boheman, 1855) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis circinata]]* (Boheman, 1855) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis circulifera]]* Boheman, 1862 	 
******** *[[Charidotis circulus]]* (Boheman, 1855) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis circumducta]]* (Boheman, 1855) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis circumflexa]]* (Boheman, 1855) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis circumscripta]]* Boheman, 1855 	 
******** *[[Charidotis circumtexta]]* Boheman, 1862 	 
******** *[[Charidotis clitelligera]]* (Boheman, 1855) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis clypeolata]]* Boheman, 1855 	 
******** *[[Charidotis coadunata]]* Boheman, 1862 	 
******** *[[Charidotis coccinea]]* Boheman, 1855 	 
******** *[[Charidotis cognata]]* Boheman, 1855 	 
******** *[[Charidotis concentrica]]* (Boheman, 1855) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis connexa]]* (Boheman, 1855) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis consentanea]]* (Boheman, 1855) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis consimilis]]* (Boheman, 1855) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis contexta]]* (Boheman, 1855) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis costaricea]]* Spaeth, 1936 	 
******** *[[Charidotis crenata]]* (Boheman, 1855) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis curtula]]* Boheman, 1862 	 
******** *[[Charidotis cyclops]]* (Fabricius, 1801) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis dahlbomi]]* Boheman, 1855 	 
******** *[[Charidotis descrobata]]* Spaeth, 1936 	 
******** *[[Charidotis desulta]]* Spaeth, 1936 	 
******** *[[Charidotis diabolica]]* Swietojanska and Borowiec, 2000 	 
******** *[[Charidotis discicollis]]* Boheman, 1855 	 
******** *[[Charidotis divisa]]* Weise, 1904 	 
******** *[[Charidotis drakei]]* Weise, 1904 	 
******** *[[Charidotis emendabilis]]* Spaeth, 1936 	 
******** *[[Charidotis erythraea]]* Boheman, 1862 	 
******** *[[Charidotis erythrostigma]]* Champion, 1894 	 
******** *[[Charidotis exigua]]* Boheman, 1855 	 
******** *[[Charidotis exilis]]* Spaeth, 1936 	 
******** *[[Charidotis exquisita]]* (Boheman, 1862) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis fenestralis]]* Boheman, 1855 	 
******** *[[Charidotis fervida]]* Spaeth, 1936 	 
******** *[[Charidotis flavicans]]* Boheman, 1855 	 
******** *[[Charidotis flavomarginata]]* Champion, 1894 	 
******** *[[Charidotis formalis]]* Spaeth, 1936 	 
******** *[[Charidotis formosa]]* Boheman, 1855 	 
******** *[[Charidotis frontalis]]* Champion, 1894 	 
******** *[[Charidotis frugalis]]* Spaeth, 1936 	 
******** *[[Charidotis fugitiva]]* Spaeth, 1936 	 
******** *[[Charidotis furunculus]]* (Boheman, 1855) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis furva]]* Boheman, 1855 	 
******** *[[Charidotis gemellata]]* Boheman, 1855 	 
******** *[[Charidotis gibbipennis]]* Spaeth, 1910 	 
******** *[[Charidotis glomerosa]]* Boheman, 1855 	 
******** *[[Charidotis huallagensis]]* Spaeth, 1936 	 
******** *[[Charidotis incincta]]* (Boheman, 1862) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis iris]]* (Perty, 1830) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis kudrnai]]* Sekerka, 2009 	 
******** *[[Charidotis laetabunda]]* Spaeth, 1936 	 
******** *[[Charidotis laevisculpta]]* Spaeth, 1936 	 
******** *[[Charidotis languida]]* Spaeth, 1936 	 
******** *[[Charidotis leprieuri]]* (Boheman, 1855) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis luederwaldti]]* Spaeth, 1936 	 
******** *[[Charidotis luteola]]* Boheman, 1855 	 
******** *[[Charidotis mansueta]]* (Boheman, 1855) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis marginalis]]* Boheman, 1855 	 
******** *[[Charidotis marginella]]* (Fabricius, 1775) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis miniata]]* Boheman, 1855 	 
******** *[[Charidotis miniatula]]* Boheman, 1862 	 
******** *[[Charidotis mnizecki]]* Boheman, 1862 	 
******** *[[Charidotis mrazi]]* Spaeth, 1936 	 
******** *[[Charidotis neglecta]]* (Boheman, 1855) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis nevermanni]]* Spaeth, 1936 	 
******** *[[Charidotis nigrocincta]]* Boheman, 1855 	 
******** *[[Charidotis nucleata]]* Boheman, 1855 	 
******** *[[Charidotis oblectans]]* Spaeth, 1936 	 
******** *[[Charidotis obtrita]]* Spaeth, 1936 	 
******** *[[Charidotis obtusa]]* (Boheman, 1855) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis ocularis]]* Boheman, 1855 	 
******** *[[Charidotis oculata]]* (Boheman, 1855) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis orbifera]]* Boheman, 1855 	 
******** *[[Charidotis paganettii]]* Spaeth, 1936 	 
******** *[[Charidotis pastica]]* Spaeth, 1936 	 
******** *[[Charidotis perplacens]]* Spaeth, 1936 	 
******** *[[Charidotis petulans]]* Spaeth, 1936 	 
******** *[[Charidotis phaedra]]* Spaeth, 1936 	 
******** *[[Charidotis plicatula]]* Boheman, 1855 	 
******** *[[Charidotis porosula]]* Spaeth, 1902 	 
******** *[[Charidotis princeps]]* Spaeth, 1936 	 
******** *[[Charidotis procincta]]* (Boheman, 1855) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis pulchra]]* Spaeth, 1902 	 
******** *[[Charidotis pumilio]]* Spaeth, 1936 	 
******** *[[Charidotis punctatostriata]]* Boheman, 1856 	 
******** *[[Charidotis pupillata]]* (Boheman, 1855) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis pustulata]]* Champion, 1894 	 
******** *[[Charidotis pygmaea]]* (Klug, 1829) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis quadrimaculata]]* Kirsch, 1876 	 
******** *[[Charidotis quadrioculata]]* (Boheman, 1855) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis reinecki]]* Spaeth, 1936 	 
******** *[[Charidotis repanda]]* (Boheman, 1855) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis romani]]* Weise, 1921 	 
******** *[[Charidotis rotundata]]* Boheman, 1855 	 
******** *[[Charidotis rubrocincta]]* Boheman, 1855 	 
******** *[[Charidotis rubrodiscoidalis]]* (Boheman, 1855) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis rubropicta]]* (Boheman, 1855) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis rubrovittata]]* (Boheman, 1855) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis scarlatina]]* Spaeth, 1936 	 
******** *[[Charidotis seminulum]]* Boheman, 1855 	 
******** *[[Charidotis signoreti]]* (Boheman, 1855) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis soror]]* Boheman, 1855 	 
******** *[[Charidotis speculum]]* (Boheman, 1855) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis sphaerica]]* Spaeth, 1936 	 
******** *[[Charidotis spreta]]* Boheman, 1855 	 
******** *[[Charidotis strandi]]* Spaeth, 1936 	 
******** *[[Charidotis subrubra]]* Spaeth, 1936 	 
******** *[[Charidotis subrugosa]]* (Boheman, 1855) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis supposita]]* (Linnaeus, 1767) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis surda]]* (Boheman, 1855) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis tantilla]]* Boheman, 1855 	 
******** *[[Charidotis terenosensis]]* Buzzi, 2002 	 
******** *[[Charidotis tersa]]* Spaeth, 1936 	 
******** *[[Charidotis tessellata]]* Boheman, 1855 	 
******** *[[Charidotis tricolor]]* Boheman, 1855 	 
******** *[[Charidotis tuberculata]]* Swietojanska and Borowiec, 2000 	 
******** *[[Charidotis turbida]]* Spaeth, 1936 	 
******** *[[Charidotis turialbana]]* Spaeth, 1936 	 
******** *[[Charidotis valentula]]* Spaeth, 1936 	 
******** *[[Charidotis venusta]]* Spaeth, 1936 	 
******** *[[Charidotis virgata]]* (Boheman, 1855) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis vitreata]]* (Perty, 1830) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis vittata]]* (Wagener, 1877) 	 
******** *[[Charidotis yucatanensis]]* Champion, 1894 	 
******** *[[Charidotis zikani]]* Spaeth, 1936

## Referanser


## Litteratur
* Borowiec, L. 1999. *A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)*. Biologica Silesiae, Wroclaw.
* ''Charidotis'' på ITIS

## Eksterne lenker
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* Cassidinae of the world – an interactive manual (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
* iNaturalist - ''Charidotis''
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