Eumolpus robustus

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Eumolpus robustus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Eumolpus
Species:
E. robustus
Binomial name
Eumolpus robustus
(Horn, 1885) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Chrysochus robustus Horn, 1885

Eumolpus robustus is a species of leaf beetle from North America. [3] [4] [5] [6] Its range spans from Central America (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala) north to Mexico and Arizona. The species feeds on plants in the family Apocynaceae. [6] [2]

The species was first described as Chrysochus robustus by the American entomologist George Henry Horn in 1885, from specimens collected in Arizona. However, Horn later synonymised it with Eumolpus surinamensis , following Martin Jacoby's description from 1882. [7] Much later, E. robustus was restored as a separate species within Eumolpus, as it was determined to be a very different species from E. surinamensis. [2]

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References

  1. Horn, G. H. (1885). "Contributions to the Coleopterology of the United States (No 4)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society . 12: 128–162. doi:10.2307/25076454. JSTOR   25076454.
  2. 1 2 3 Špringlová, B. (1960). "Essai monographique du genre Eumolpus (Coleoptera Phytophaga)" (PDF). Memoirs of the Royal Institute of Natural Sciences of Belgium. 2. 60: 3–79.
  3. "Eumolpus robustus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  4. "Eumolpus robustus species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  5. "Eumolpus robustus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  6. 1 2 "Eumolpus robustus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  7. Horn, G. H. (1892). "The Eumolpini of Boreal America". Transactions of the American Entomological Society . 19: 195–234. JSTOR   25076581.

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