Amplioluperus

Amplioluperus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Tribe:	Luperini
Subtribe:	Luperina
Genus:	Amplioluperus ; Viswajyothi & Clark, 2022

Last updated August 26, 2025

Amplioluperus is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae.

Species

Amplioluperus cyanellus (Horn, 1895)
Amplioluperus histrio (Horn, 1895)
Amplioluperus maculicollis (LeConte, 1884)

Etymology

The name Amplioluperus refers to the large size of the type species, in comparison to beetles in related genera.^[1]

References

↑ Part of this text is from “New World genera of Galerucinae Latreille, 1802 (tribes Galerucini Latreille, 1802, Metacyclini Chapuis, 1875, and Luperini Gistel, 1848): an annotated list and identification key (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)” by Keezhpattillam Viswajyothi, Shwan M. Clark. This article is licensed under the [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC BY 4.0 license

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[1] Part of this text is from “New World genera of Galerucinae Latreille, 1802 (tribes Galerucini Latreille, 1802, Metacyclini Chapuis, 1875, and Luperini Gistel, 1848): an annotated list and identification key (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)” by Keezhpattillam Viswajyothi, Shwan M. Clark. This article is licensed under the [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC BY 4.0 license

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Amplioluperus

Contents

Species

Etymology

References