Parheminodes

Parheminodes
Parheminodes pulcher , Thailand
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Eumolpinae
Tribe:	Bromiini
Genus:	Parheminodes Chen, 1940
Type species
Parheminodes collaris Chen, 1940

Parheminodes is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in the Oriental realm. In 2021, nearly all species of Chrysochus from the tropics were transferred to this genus. ^[1]

Species

There are at least seven species included in the genus: ^{[1] [2]}

• Parheminodes collaris Chen, 1940 – China (Hainan, Yunnan)
• Parheminodes conspectus (Lefèvre, 1890) – Laos
• Parheminodes hageni (Jacoby, 1884) ^[3] – Sumatra
• Parheminodes massiei (Lefèvre, 1893) – Laos
• Parheminodes mouhoti (Baly, 1864) – Thailand, Laos, Vietnam
• Parheminodes nilgiriensis (Jacoby, 1908) ^[4] – South India
• Parheminodes pulcher (Baly, 1864) ^[5] – Peninsular Malaysia

References

1. Moseyko, A.G. (2020). "Notes on Asiatic Eumolpinae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)". Entomological Review. 100 (6) (published 15 January 2021): 843–862. doi:10.1134/S0013873820060123. S2CID   234621478.
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. Jacoby, M. (1884). "Descriptions of new genera and species of phytophagous Coleoptera collected by Dr. B. Hagen at Serdang (East Sumatra)". Notes from the Leyden Museum. 6: 201–230.
4. Jacoby, M. (1908). Bingham, C. T. (ed.). Coleoptera. Chrysomelidae. Vol. 1. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. London: Taylor & Francis.
5. Baly, J. S. (1864). Descriptions of new genera and species of Phytophaga. Stationer's Hall: J.S. Baly.