Chloropterus

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Chloropterus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Typophorini
Genus: Chloropterus
Morawitz, 1861 [1]
Type species
Heterocnemis versicolor
Morawitz, 1860
Synonyms

Chloropterus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. [3] It is distributed in Eastern Europe, West to Central Asia and North Africa. [4] [5]

The genus was originally established under the name Heterocnemis by the Russian entomologist Ferdinand Morawitz in 1860 for a single species, Heterocnemis versicolor . However, the name Heterocnemis had already been used for a genus of flower chafers (Cetoniinae), so Morawitz renamed his genus to Chloropterus the following year.

Species

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References

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