Donacia

Donacia is a large genus of aquatic leaf beetles in the subfamily Donaciinae. Like other members of that subfamily, the beetles have long antennae. They are active and able to fly. Larvae feed on submerged portions of aquatic plants, such as water lilies, and breathe oxygen from plant vessels. Adults live on surface parts of the same plants.

Donacia
Donacia versicolorea
Donacia marginata mating pair
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Donaciinae
Tribe:	Donaciini
Genus:	Donacia Fabricius, 1775

Species

These 113 species belong to the genus Donacia:

• Donacia aequidorsis Jacobson, 1894
• Donacia aeraria Baly, 1867
• Donacia andalusiaca Kraatz, 1869
• Donacia anetae Bienkowski, 2015
• Donacia antiqua Kunze, 1818 (Europe)
• Donacia aquatica (Linnaeus, 1758) (Zircon Reed Beetle) (Europe)
• Donacia assimilis Lacordaire, 1845 (North America)
• Donacia aureocincta J.Sahlberg, 1921 (Europe)
• Donacia bicolora Zschach, 1788 (Reed Beetle) (Europe)
• Donacia bicoloricornis Chen (temperate Asia)
• Donacia biimpressa Melsheimer, 1847 (North America)
• Donacia brevicornis Ahrens, 1810 (Europe)
• Donacia brevitarsis Thomson, 1884 (Europe)
• Donacia caerulea Olivier, 1795 (North America)
• Donacia cazieri Marx, 1957 (North America)
• Donacia cincticornis Newman, 1838 (the Caribbean Sea, Central America, and North America)
• Donacia cinerea Herbst, 1784 (Europe)
• Donacia clavareaui Jacobson, 1906
• Donacia clavipes Fabricius, 1792 (Europe)
• Donacia confluenta Say, 1826 (North America)
• Donacia connelli Cockerell, 1927
• Donacia cordovae Pierce, 1950
• Donacia crassipes Fabricius, 1775 (Water-Lily Reed Beetle) (Europe)
• Donacia cuprea Kirby, 1837 (North America)
• Donacia delesserti (Guérin-Méneville, 1839)
• Donacia dentata Hoppe, 1795 (Europe)
• Donacia disjecta Förster, 1891
• Donacia dissimilis Schaeffer, 1925 (North America)
• Donacia distincta LeConte, 1851 (North America)
• Donacia draycoti Pierce, 1950
• Donacia edentata Schaeffer, 1919 (North America)
• Donacia elongatula Scudder, 1898
• Donacia fastuosa Khnzorian, 1962
• Donacia fennica (Paykull, 1800) (Europe)
• Donacia flemora Goecke, 1944
• Donacia frontalis Jacoby, 1893 (temperate Asia)
• Donacia fukiensis Goecke, 1944
• Donacia fulgens LeConte, 1851 (North America)
• Donacia galaica Baguena, 1959
• Donacia geiseltali Goecke, 1959
• Donacia haupti Goecke, 1959
• Donacia hirticollis Kirby, 1837 (North America)
• Donacia hiurai Kimoto, 1983
• Donacia hypoleuca Lacordaire, 1845 (North America)
• Donacia impressa Paykull, 1799 (Europe)
• Donacia jacobsoni Semenov & Reichardt, 1927
• Donacia japana (Chujo & Goecke, 1956)
• Donacia jaroslavii Lomnicki, 1894
• Donacia javana Wiedemann, 1821
• Donacia koenigi Jacobson, 1927
• Donacia kweilina Chen, 1966
• Donacia lenzi Schonfeldt (temperate Asia)
• Donacia letzneri Assmann, 1870
• Donacia liebecki C.Schaeffer, 1919 (North America)
• Donacia lignitum Sordelli, 1882
• Donacia limonia C.Schaeffer, 1925 (North America)
• Donacia lungtanensis Hayashi & Lee, 2009 (temperate Asia)
• Donacia lusow Hayashi & Lee, 2007 (temperate Asia)
• Donacia lynni Pierce, 1950
• Donacia magnifica LeConte, 1851 (North America)
• Donacia malinovskyi Ahrens, 1810 (Europe)
• Donacia marginata Hoppe, 1795 (Europe)
• Donacia mediohirsuta Chen, 1966
• Donacia megacornis Blatchley, 1910 (North America)
• Donacia microcephala (Daniel & Daniel, 1904) (uncertain placement)
• Donacia militaris Lacordaire, 1845 (North America)
• Donacia minuta Haupt, 1956
• Donacia mistshenkoi Jacobson, 1910
• Donacia nitidior
• Donacia obscura Gyllenhal, 1813 (Europe)
• Donacia obtusa Haupt, 1956
• Donacia ochroleuca Weise, 1912
• Donacia ozensis (Nakane, 1954)
• Donacia palaemonis Heer, 1847
• Donacia palmata Olivier, 1795 (North America)
• Donacia parvidens C.Schaeffer, 1919 (North America)
• Donacia piscatrix Lacordaire, 1845 (North America)
• Donacia pitoni Goecke, 1959
• Donacia polita Kunze, 1818 (Europe)
• Donacia pompatica Scudder, 1890
• Donacia porosicollis Lacordaire, 1845 (North America)
• Donacia provostii Fairmaire (temperate Asia)
• Donacia proxima Kirby, 1837 (North America)
• Donacia pterobrachys Haupt, 1956
• Donacia pubescens LeConte, 1868 (North America)
• Donacia reticulata Gyllenhal, 1817
• Donacia rottensis Goecke, 1960
• Donacia rufescens Lacordaire, 1845 (North America)
• Donacia rugosa LeConte, 1878 (North America)
• Donacia semicuprea Panzer, 1796 (Europe)
• Donacia simplex Fabricius, 1775 (Europe)
• Donacia sparganii Ahrens, 1810 (Europe)
• Donacia splendida Théobald, 1935
• Donacia springeri Müller, 1916 (Europe)
• Donacia statzi Goecke, 1943
• Donacia stiria Scudder, 1890
• Donacia stirioides Wickham, 1917
• Donacia subtilis Kunze, 1818 (North America)
• Donacia tenuipunctata Théobald, 1935
• Donacia texana Crotch, 1873 (North America)
• Donacia thalassina Germar, 1811 (Europe)
• Donacia tomentosa Ahrens, 1810 (Europe)
• Donacia tuberculata Lacordaire, 1845 (North America)
• Donacia tuberculifrons C.Schaeffer, 1919 (North America)
• Donacia uedana Hayashi, 2000
• Donacia versicolorea (Brahm, 1790) (Europe)
• Donacia vicina Lacordaire, 1845 (North America)
• Donacia vietnamensis Kimoto & Gressitt, 1979
• Donacia voigti Goecke, 1943
• Donacia vulgaris Zschach, 1788 (Europe)
• Donacia weigelti Goecke, 1943
• Donacia weylandi Goecke, 1960
• Donacia wightoni (Askevold, 1990)
• Donacia zosterae Fabricius, 1801

External links

• Citizen science observations for Donacia at iNaturalist
• Media related to Donacia at Wikimedia Commons