Argopistes

Argopistes
Argopistes coccinelliformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Superfamily:	Chrysomeloidea
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Galerucinae
Tribe:	Alticini
Genus:	Argopistes Motschulsky, 1860

Argopistes is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 50 described species in Argopistes. They are found worldwide. ^[1]

Selected species

• Argopistes coccinea (Montrouzier, 1861)
• Argopistes coccinelliformis Csiki, 1940
• Argopistes coccinelloides Suffrian
• Argopistes coronatus Blake
• Argopistes dichroa (Montrouzier, 1861)
• Argopistes gagates (Montrouzier, 1861)
• Argopistes gourvesi Samuelson, 1979
• Argopistes kraussi Samuelson, 1973
• Argopistes rubicundus Blake
• Argopistes scyrtoides J. L. LeConte, 1878
• Argopistes thomassini (Montrouzier, 1861)
• Argopistes turnbowi
• Argopistes variabilis Medvedev
• Argopistes woodleyi

References

1. Nadein, K. S. (2013). "Catalogue of Alticini genera of the World (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Zoological Institute, Saint-Petersburg. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

• Nie, R-E; Bezděk, J.; Yang, X-K (2017). "How many genera and species of Galerucinae s. str. do we know? Updated statistics (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). In: Chaboo CS, Schmitt M (Eds) Research on Chrysomelidae". ZooKeys (720): 91–102. Bibcode:2017ZooK..720...91N. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.720.13517 . PMC   5740445 . PMID   29290727.