Micromolpus

Micromolpus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Eumolpinae
Tribe:	Typophorini
Genus:	Micromolpus ; Gressitt, 1969
Type species
	Micromolpus dodonaeae ; Gressitt, 1969

Last updated January 10, 2026

Micromolpus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in New Guinea, New Ireland and questionably New Britain. It resembles the genus Rhyparida , but differs from it by being minute in size, lacking a "Y"-shaped suture on the frontoclypeus (a combined frons and clypeus, making up part of the face), having a constricted vertex (top of the head), and having a strongly convex pronotum, and being strongly punctured only along borders. The name of the genus refers to "a small eumolpine beetle".^[1]

Species

Micromolpus dodonaeae Gressitt, 1969^[1] – Papua New Guinea (Eastern Highlands, Chimbu, Morobe, Jiwaka, Southern Highlands)
Micromolpus pipturi Gressitt, 1969^[1] – Western New Guinea: Highland Papua (Jayawijaya), Papua New Guinea (Southern Highlands, Eastern Highlands)
Micromolpus submetallica Gressitt, 1969^[1] – New Ireland, New Britain(?)
Micromolpus triumfettae Gressitt, 1969^[1] – Western New Guinea: Central Papua (Dogiyai), Papua New Guinea (Eastern Highlands, Jiwaka)

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Gressitt, J. L. (1969). "Chrysomelid beetles from the Papuan subregion, 6 (Eumolpinae, 4)" (PDF). Pacific Insects . 11 (1): 1–31.

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[Gressitt1969-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Gressitt, J. L. (1969). "Chrysomelid beetles from the Papuan subregion, 6 (Eumolpinae, 4)" (PDF). Pacific Insects . 11 (1): 1–31.

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