Abiromorphus

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Abiromorphus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Eumolpini
Genus: Abiromorphus
Pic, 1924 [1]
Type species
Abiromorphus anceyi
Pic, 1924 [1]

Abiromorphus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae, including two species found in eastern Asia. It was first described by the French entomologist Maurice Pic in 1924 for a single species from China. It is similar to Abirus , and is distinguished by simple tarsal claws and thick femurs. [1]

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Species

Host plants

A. anceyi has been reported on plants of the genera Prunus , Salix , Populus and Ziziphus . [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Pic, M. (1924). "Nouveautés diverses" (PDF). Mélanges Exotico–Entomologiques. 41: 1–32.
  2. Moseyko, A. G.; Sprecher-Uebersax, E. (2010). "Eumolpinae". In Löbl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. pp. 619–643. ISBN   978-87-88757-84-2.
  3. Medvedev, L. N. (2015). "New and poorly known Oriental Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) in the collection of the Naturkundemuseum Erfurt" (PDF). Vernate. 34: 319–335.
  4. Pierre, Jolivet (1987). "Sélection trophique chez les Megascelinae et les Eumolpinae (Cyclica) (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae). Suite et fin" [Trophic Selection among Megascelinae and Eumolpinae (Cyclica) (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae)]. Bulletin mensuel de la Société linnéenne de Lyon (in French). 56 (7): 217–240. doi: 10.3406/linly.1987.10805 .