Pachnephorus | |
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Pachnephorus villosus | |
Pachnephorus pilosus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Chrysomelidae |
Subfamily: | Eumolpinae |
Tribe: | Bromiini |
Genus: | Pachnephorus Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836 |
Type species | |
Cryptocephalus arenarius (= Cryptocephalus pilosus Rossi, 1790) [1] Panzer, 1797 | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Pachnephorus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. [3] [4] It is distributed in Africa, Asia and Europe.
Subgenus Pachnephorus
Subgenus PachnephoriscusLopatin, 1976
Synonyms: [10]
Colasposoma is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known from Africa, Asia and Australia.
Pachnephorus senegalensis is a species of leaf beetle found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Chad, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania and Zambia, described by Julien Achard in 1914.
Pachnephorus torridus is a species of leaf beetle found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Sierra Leone, Mali, Ivory Coast, Burkina, Togo, Niger, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Namibia, Mozambique and South Africa, described by Joseph Sugar Baly in 1878.
Rhembastus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae, native to Africa. Whilst the taxonomy of the genus is disputed, the genus has been suggested as a biological control agent for Bryophyllum delagoense in Australia.
Macrocoma is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It contains about 100 species, which are found in tropical Africa, around the Mediterranean, on the Canary Islands, in western and central Asia, and in India.
Syagrus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. They are known from the mainland of Africa as well as Madagascar. They are often attracted by plants in the family Malvaceae; Syagrus rugifrons and Syagrus calcaratus are pests of cotton. The larvae of Syagrus calcaratus attack the roots of the plant and cause it to wilt.
Afroeurydemus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae, found in Africa. The genus was separated from Eurydemus in 1965 by Brian J. Selman, who moved all African species of Eurydemus he had seen to this genus or related African genera and considered it likely that Eurydemus was restricted to Fiji. Many species were also originally placed in Syagrus.
Typophorini is a tribe of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. The tribe contains approximately 100 genera, which are found worldwide. Members of the tribe are mainly characterized by notches on the tibiae of the middle and hind legs, which are sometimes referred to as antenna cleaners. They also generally have a subglabrous body, as well as bifid pretarsal claws.
Dermoxanthus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in Africa.
Rhyparida is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in the Australasian and Indomalayan realms, though some species are also known from the African islands of Madagascar and Seychelles.
Chloropterus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in Eastern Europe, West to Central Asia and North Africa.
Eurydemus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known from Africa and Fiji.
Malegia is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known from Africa, Asia and the Caucasus.
Pagria is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known from Africa, Asia and Australia.
Basilepta is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is generally distributed in Asia. A single species is also known from central Africa.
Cleoporus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known from Asia.
Pachnephorus fasciatus is a species of leaf beetle found in western, central and southern Africa. It was first described by the Belgian entomologist Louis Jules Léon Burgeon in 1941.
Trichochrysea is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in Asia.
Bromiini is a tribe of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. The tribe contains approximately 120 genera, which are found worldwide. They are generally thought to be an artificial group, often with a subcylindrical prothorax without lateral ridges and covered with setae or scales.