Obelistes

Obelistes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Eumolpinae
Tribe:	Euryopini
Genus:	Obelistes Lefèvre, 1885 [1]
Type species
Obelistes varians Lefèvre, 1885 [1]
Synonyms [2]
Angoleumolpus Pic, 1938 Angoleumolpus Pic, 1939 [3]

Obelistes is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. ^[4] It is known from Africa.

Species

• Obelistes acutangulus Weise, 1895 ^[5]
• Obelistes bryanti Zoia, 2019 ^[2]
• Obelistes curtipennis (Pic, 1952) ^{[6] [2]}
• Obelistes clavareaui Burgeon, 1941
• Obelistes dentatus (Bryant, 1954) ^[7]
• Obelistes flavus (Pic, 1938) ^[2]
• Obelistes fuscitarsis Weise, 1895 ^[5]
• Obelistes intermedius Burgeon, 1941
• Obelistes leplaei Burgeon, 1941
• Obelistes luluensis Burgeon, 1941
• Obelistes maynei Burgeon, 1941
• Obelistes nigrovittatus (Pic, 1939) ^{[3] [2]}
• Obelistes pallidicolor (Pic, 1939) ^{[3] [2]}
• Obelistes schoutedeni Burgeon, 1941
• Obelistes subelongatus (Pic, 1940) ^[2]
• Obelistes trivittatus Burgeon, 1941
• Obelistes variabilis Selman, 1972 ^[8]
• Obelistes varians Lefèvre, 1885 ^[1]
• Obelistes villiersi (Pic, 1950) ^[2]

Synonyms:

• Obelistes nigrovittatusBryant, 1952: renamed to Obelistes bryanti Zoia, 2019 ^[2]

References

1. Lefèvre, É. (1885). "Eumolpidarum hucusque cognitarum catalogus, sectionum conspectu systematico, generum sicut et specierum nonnullarum novarum descriptionibus adjunctis". Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège. 2. 11 (16): 1–172.
2. Zoia, S. (2019). "Nomenclature changes in African Eumolpinae with reference to type specimens preserved in the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France . Nouvelle Série. 55 (1): 61–86. Bibcode:2019AnSEF..55...61Z. doi:10.1080/00379271.2018.1556119. S2CID   155689938.
3. Pic, M. (1939). "Coléoptères Phytophages d'Angola". Revue suisse de Zoologie . 46 (4): 115–142.
4. "Obelistes". African Eumolpinae site. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
5. Weise, J. (1895). "Neue Chrysomeliden nebst synonymischen Bemerkungen". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift . 1895 (2): 327–352.
6. Pic, M. (1952). "Coléoptères du globe" (PDF). L'Echange. 68 (529): 9–12.
7. Selman, B. J. (1965). "A revision of the Nodini and a key to the genera of Eumolpidae of Africa (Coleoptera: Eumolpidae)" (PDF). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 16 (3): 141–174. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.21864.
8. Selman, B. J. (1972). "Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Exploration Parc National de la Garamba. Mission H. De Saeger. 55: 1–95.