Phytorus

Last updated

Phytorus
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Typophorini
Genus: Phytorus
Jacoby, 1884
Type species
Phytorus dilatatus
Jacoby, 1884

Phytorus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in Southeast Asia. [1]

Species

Synonyms and species moved to other genera: [1]

Related Research Articles

<i>Colasposoma</i> Genus of leaf beetles

Colasposoma is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known from Africa, Asia and Australia.

<i>Platycorynus</i> Genus of leaf beetles

Platycorynus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in Africa and Asia.

Colaspoides is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is one of the largest genera in the subfamily, containing over 260 species worldwide. It is an extant genus but there is at least one species, C. eocenicus, found in Baltic amber from the Upper Eocene of Russia, and the genus has also been reported from the Miocene of the Dominican Republic.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eumolpini</span> Tribe of leaf beetles

Eumolpini is a tribe of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is the largest tribe in the subfamily, with approximately 170 genera found worldwide. Members of the tribe almost always have a longitudinal median groove on the pygidium, which possibly helps to keep the elytra locked at rest. They also generally have a subglabrous body, as well as appendiculate pretarsal claws.

<i>Demotina</i> Genus of leaf beetles

Demotina is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. There are over 50 described species in Demotina. The genus is native to Asia, Australia and Oceania, though one species is an adventive species in the southeastern United States in North America. Some species are known to be parthenogenetic.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Typophorini</span> Tribe of leaf beetles

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.

Hyperaxis is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in East and Southeast Asia.

<i>Rhyparida</i> Genus of leaf beetles

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.

Phytorellus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae, known from the Philippines.

Tricliona is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It contains at least 35 species, and is distributed from India and Southern China to the Philippines and New Guinea.

<i>Abirus</i> Genus of leaf beetles from Asia

Abirus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed from the Malay Archipelago to the Indian subcontinent, China, and the Ryukyu Islands. The genus was first established by the Belgian entomologist Félicien Chapuis in 1874, as a split of Dermorhytis.

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.

Aulexis is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in East and Southeast Asia. The related genus Goniopleura is sometimes included as a subgenus.

Chrysolampra is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in Asia and Australia. It is very closely related to Colaspoides, and is possibly a subgenus of it according to L. N. Medvedev (2004).

Cleoporus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known from Asia.

<i>Trichochrysea</i> Genus of leaf beetles

Trichochrysea is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in Asia.

Chrysopida is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in the Philippines, Celebes and Taiwan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bromiini</span> Tribe of leaf beetles

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.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Medvedev, L. N.; Moseyko, A. G. (2003). "A revision of the genus Phytorus Jacoby, 1884 (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae)" (PDF). Russian Entomological Journal. 11 (4): 401–407.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 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.
  3. Weise, J. (1910). "Verzeichniss von Coleopteren aus des Philippinen, nebst zwei neuen Arten aus Niederländisch Ostindien". The Philippine Journal of Science. Section D: Ethnology, anthropology and general biology. 5 (2): 139–148.
  4. Medvedev, L. N. (1995). "Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) from Leyte Island, Philippines" (PDF). Stuttgarter Beiträge Naturkunde (526): 1–22.
  5. Weise, J. (1922). "Chrysomeliden der Philippinen: III" (PDF). The Philippine Journal of Science. 21 (5): 423–490.
  6. Lefèvre, E. (1893). "Contributions à la faune Indo-Chinoise, 12. Clytrides & Eumolpides". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France . 62: 111–134.
  7. Romantsov, P. V.; Moseyko, A. G. (2016). "To the knowledge of the leaf-beetle genera Rhyparida and Tricliona (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) from Indochina and Malay Peninsula" (PDF). Zoosystematica Rossica. 25 (2): 299–313. doi:10.31610/zsr/2016.25.2.299.