Malegia

Malegia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Eumolpinae
Tribe:	Bromiini
Genus:	Malegia Lefèvre, 1883 [1]
Type species
Malegia letourneuxi [2] Lefèvre, 1883

Malegia is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. ^[3] It is known from Africa, Asia and the Caucasus. ^{[2] [4]}

Species

• Malegia affinis Jacoby, 1898 ^[5]
• Malegia alluaudi Pic, 1903
• Malegia arabica Daccordi, 1979
• Malegia asiatica Pic, 1894
• Malegia atritarsis Pic, 1931
• Malegia bicoloripes Pic, 1936
• Malegia colchica Reitter, 1912
• Malegia contracta (Fairmaire, 1886)
• Malegia hauseri Pic, 1902
• Malegia laticollis Pic, 1921
• Malegia latipennis Pic, 1901
• Malegia letourneuxi Lefèvre, 1883 ^[1]
• Malegia maculata Pic, 1909
• Malegia nigritarsis Pic, 1950
• Malegia obscurella Lefèvre, 1883 ^[1]
• Malegia olivacea Pic, 1941
• Malegia pallidipes Pic, 1904
• Malegia robusta Achard, 1914 ^[6]
• Malegia striatula Lefèvre, 1883 ^[1]
• Malegia vadoni Pic, 1950

Species moved to other genera: ^{[7] [8]}

• Malegia aenea(Chen, 1940): ^[4] moved to Lahejia
• Malegia brunneaTan, 1992: moved to Trichotheca
• Malegia jacobsoniSumakow, 1901: moved to Lahejia

References

1. Lefèvre, E. (1883). "Description d'un nouveau genre de Coléoptères de la famille des Eumolpides". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France . 6. 3: CXV–CXVI.
2. Moseyko, A. G.; Sprecher-Uebersax, E. (2010). "Eumolpinae". In Löbl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. pp. 619–643. ISBN   978-87-88757-84-2.
3. "Malegia". African Eumolpinae site. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
4. Kimoto, S.; Gressitt, J. L. (1982). "Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) of Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. III. Eumolpinae" (PDF). Esakia. 18: 1–141. doi:10.5109/2421. hdl:2324/2421. S2CID   83265328.
5. Jacoby, M. (1898). "Additions to the knowledge of the Phytophagous Coleoptera of Africa. Part I". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London . 1898: 212–242.
6. Achard, J. (1914). "Eumolpides nouveaux d'Afrique tropicale". Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France . 1914: 227–231. doi:10.3406/bsef.1914.25559. S2CID   186388279.
7. Moseyko, A. G.; Sprecher-Uebersax, E. (2010). "New nomenclatural and taxonomic acts, and comments. Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae". In Löbl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. pp. 80–83. ISBN   978-87-88757-84-2.
8. Moseyko, A.G. (2020). "Notes on Asiatic Eumolpinae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)". Entomological Review. 100 (6) (published 15 January 2021): 843–862. Bibcode:2020EntRv.100..843M. doi:10.1134/S0013873820060123. S2CID   234621478.