Jansonius

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Jansonius
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Typophorini
Genus: Jansonius
Baly, 1878 [1]
Type species
Jansonius alternatus
(= Haltica aenea Blanchard, 1851)
Baly, 1878
Synonyms [2]

Jansonius is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is found in Chile [3] and Argentina. [4] It was formerly placed in the tribe Adoxini, section Myochroites, but is now placed in Nodinini, section Metachromites. [2]

Species

The genus contains at least one valid species:

Dia patagonicaBoheman, 1858, also from Chile, was placed in the genus by Jan Bechyné in 1953, but as the type is apparently lost or destroyed, this species is considered incertae sedis in Eumolpinae by Askevold & LeSage (1990). [2]

Several additional species were described in or assigned to the genus by Jan Bechyné from other countries in South America, though these may not belong to the genus according to Askevold & LeSage (1990): [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Baly, J. S. (1878). "Description of New Species and Genera of Eumolpidæ". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 14 (75): 246–265. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1878.tb01834.x .
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Askevold, I. S.; LeSage, L. (1990). "A taxonomic revision of the genus Jansonius Baly 1878: Taxonomic confusion and tribal reclassification (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae)" (PDF). Revista Chilena de Entomología . 18: 29–37.
  3. Elgueta, M.; Daccordi, M.; Zoia, S. (2017). "Lista de las especies de Spilopyrinae y Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) de Chile" (PDF). Boletín del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile (in Spanish). 66: 67–84.
  4. Gönc L., Romina; Cabrera, Nora; Casaux, Ricardo; Szulkin-Dolhatz, Daniel (2016). "Nuevos registros de Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera): Mylassa crassicollis (Blanchard) y Jansonius aeneus (Blanchard) asociados a Nothofagus antarctica (G. Forst.) Oerst para la provincia de Chubut, Argentina" [New records of Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera): Mylassa crassicollis (Blanchard) and Jansonius aeneus (Blanchard) associated with Nothofagus antarctica (G. Forst.) Oerst in Chuput Province (Argentina)](PDF). Revista Chilena de Entomología (in Spanish). 41: 90–95.
  5. Bechyné, J.; Springlovà de Bechyné, B. (1961). "Notas sobre Chrysomeloidea neotropicais" (PDF). Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi. New Series. 33: 1–49.
  6. Bechyné, J.; Springlovà de Bechyné, B. (1961). "Notas sobre Chrysomeloidea Neotropicais II" (PDF). Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi. New Series. 37: 1–93.