Rhembastus

Rhembastus
Rhembastus variabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Eumolpinae
Tribe:	Typophorini
Genus:	Rhembastus Harold, 1877 [1]
Type species
Rhembastus variabilis Harold, 1877 [2]
Synonyms
Rhambastus Pic, 1939 [3]

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. ^[4]

Taxonomy

The genus was first identified by the German entomologist Edgar von Harold in 1877 from species in Madagascar, Nyassa and Port Natal. ^[1] By 1914, 18 different species had already been recorded from Madagascar. In 1965, Brian J. Selman reduced the size of the genus by 45 species, transferring them to other genera such as Paraivongius , Massartia and Sarum . He also suggested that a revision of the Eumolpinae of Madagascar would produce a complete generic separation of the Madagascan and African species. ^[2] In 2006, it was suggested that a full revision of the genus is necessary. ^[4]

Species

Species from Africa:

• Rhembastus apicalis Pic, 1940 ^[5]
• Rhembastus apicicollis Burgeon, 1941
• Rhembastus atripennis Pic, 1939 ^[3]
• Rhembastus atriventris Pic, 1939 ^[3]
• Rhembastus benuensis Weise, 1907
• Rhembastus bipunctatus Selman, 1972 ^[6]
• Rhembastus brevicornis (Jacoby, 1904) ^{[7] [2]}
• Rhembastus collaris (Gerstaecker, 1871)
• Rhembastus crampeli Pic, 1952 ^[8]
• Rhembastus crassus Burgeon, 1941
• Rhembastus discoidalis Pic, 1939 ^[3]
• Rhembastus diversicolor Pic, 1939 ^[3]
• Rhembastus flavidus Lefèvre, 1890
• Rhembastus impressicostatus Pic, 1940 ^[5]
• Rhembastus laticollis Burgeon, 1942 ^[9]
• Rhembastus maculatus (Lefèvre, 1877) ^[10]
• Rhembastus mandolloides Selman, 1972 ^[6]
• Rhembastus mechowi (Weise, 1883) ^{[11] [2]}
• Rhembastus melanostictus Fairmaire, 1886
• Rhembastus metalliconotatus Pic, 1939 ^[3]
• Rhembastus natalensis (Lefèvre, 1877) ^[10]
• Rhembastus niger Burgeon, 1941
• Rhembastus perarmatus Burgeon, 1941
• Rhembastus piceus Zoia, 2017 ^[12]
• Rhembastus punctatosulcatus Fairmaire, 1887
• Rhembastus remaudierei Jolivet, 1953
• Rhembastus ruficolor Pic, 1941
• Rhembastus rufiventris Pic, 1953
• Rhembastus rufocinctus Pic, 1939 ^[3]
• Rhembastus rufofasciatus Pic, 1952 ^[13]
• Rhembastus rufohumeralis Pic, 1939 ^[3]
• Rhembastus semiviolaceus Pic, 1952 ^[13]
• Rhembastus simoni (Weise, 1883) ^[11]
• Rhembastus striatipennis Lefèvre, 1891 ^[14]
• Rhembastus testaceoapicalis Pic, 1939 ^[3]
• Rhembastus usambaricus Weise, 1907
• Rhembastus variabilis Harold, 1877 ^[1]
• Rhembastus xanthocnemis Weise, 1907

Species from Madagascar:

• Rhembastus abbreviatus (Jacoby, 1897) ^[15]
• Rhembastus ambohibyensis Bechyné, 1960 ^[16]
• Rhembastus ampanefenae Bechyné, 1953 ^[17]
• Rhembastus androyensis Bechyné, 1956 ^[18]
• Rhembastus antennatus Jacoby, 1892 ^[19]
• Rhembastus antsirabensis Bechyné, 1954
• Rhembastus apicicornis Jacoby, 1897 ^[15]
• Rhembastus asuefactus Bechyné, 1950 ^[20]
• Rhembastus atomarius (Lefèvre, 1877) ^[10]
• Rhembastus attelaboides (Fairmaire, 1886)
• Rhembastus augur Bechyné, 1947 ^[21]
• Rhembastus caeruleipennis Jacoby, 1901
• Rhembastus centralis Bechyné, 1956 ^[18]
• Rhembastus chatanayi Bechyné, 1960 ^[16]
• Rhembastus circumductus Bechyné, 1953 ^[17]
• Rhembastus colasi Bechyné, 1956 ^[18]
• Rhembastus congener Bechyné, 1946 ^[22]
• Rhembastus coquillati Bechyné, 1947
• Rhembastus costulifer Bechyné, 1947 ^[21]
• Rhembastus dimidiaticornis Jacoby, 1892 ^[19]
• Rhembastus dissutus Bechyné, 1951 ^[23]
• Rhembastus felicitarius Bechyné, 1956 ^[18]
• Rhembastus flavotibialis Bechyné, 1946 ^[22]
• Rhembastus fulvipennis (Duvivier, 1891) ^[16]
• Rhembastus geniculatus Harold, 1877 ^[1]
• Rhembastus gibbifer Bechyné, 1956 ^[18]
• Rhembastus gracilipes Bechyné, 1960 ^[16]
• Rhembastus hereditarius Bechyné, 1947 ^[21]
• Rhembastus hoberlandti Bechyné, 1946 ^[24]
• Rhembastus hovus Bechyné, 1946 ^[24]
• Rhembastus humerosus Weise, 1910
• Rhembastus imitans Jacoby, 1897 ^[15]
• Rhembastus jacobyi Weise, 1910
• Rhembastus janthinipennis (Fairmaire, 1869)
• Rhembastus jeanneli Bechyné, 1946 ^[22]
• Rhembastus joliveti Bechyné, 1946 ^[22]
• Rhembastus lambertoni Bechyné, 1946 ^[24]
• Rhembastus lebisi Bechyné, 1946 ^[22]
• Rhembastus lepidus Weise, 1910
• Rhembastus madagascariensis (Lefèvre, 1877) ^[10]
• Rhembastus mandritsarensis Bechyné, 1951 ^[23]
  • Rhembastus mandritsarensis contrarius Bechyné, 1951
  • Rhembastus mandritsarensis mandritsarensis Bechyné, 1951
• Rhembastus manjakatompensis Bechyné, 1964 ^[25]
• Rhembastus micheli Bechyné, 1947 ^[21]
• Rhembastus multatitius Bechyné, 1964 ^[25]
• Rhembastus nanulus Harold, 1877 ^[1]
  • Rhembastus nanulus comorensis Bechyné, 1964 ^[25]
  • Rhembastus nanulus fallaciosissimus Bechyné, 1949 ^[26]
  • Rhembastus nanulus insularis(Maulik, 1931) ^[27]
  • Rhembastus nanulus nanulus Harold, 1877 ^[1]
  • Rhembastus nanulus nossibeanus Bechyné, 1964 ^[25]
• Rhembastus nickerli Bechyné, 1946 ^[24]
• Rhembastus nigromaculatus (Jacoby, 1892) ^{[19] [16]}
• Rhembastus nubilus Harold, 1877 ^[1]
• Rhembastus octomaculatus (Weise, 1910) ^[16]
• Rhembastus pan Bechyné, 1947 ^[21]
• Rhembastus parioides Bechyné, 1947 ^[21]
• Rhembastus pauliani Bechyné, 1960 ^[16]
• Rhembastus pectoralis Bechyné, 1946 ^[24]
• Rhembastus pensistus Bechyné, 1947 ^[21]
• Rhembastus perinetensis Bechyné, 1960 ^[16]
• Rhembastus persimilis Bechyné, 1946 ^[22]
• Rhembastus persimplex Weise, 1910
• Rhembastus pusillus Harold, 1877 ^[1]
• Rhembastus quadriplagiatus Bechyné, 1947 ^[21]
• Rhembastus sambiranensis Bechyné, 1964 ^[25]
• Rhembastus schaeferi Bechyné, 1947
• Rhembastus seguyi Bechyné, 1960 ^[16]
• Rhembastus selectus Bechyné, 1946 ^[24]
• Rhembastus solicitarius Bechyné, 1964 ^[25]
• Rhembastus stilpnus Bechyné, 1947 ^[21]
• Rhembastus subangulatus Bechyné, 1947 ^[21]
• Rhembastus tananarivensis Bechyné, 1946 ^[24]
• Rhembastus tantillus (Lefèvre, 1877) ^[10]
• Rhembastus tener Bechyné, 1960 ^[16]
• Rhembastus tibialis (Lefèvre, 1877) ^[10]
• Rhembastus tonsilis Bechyné, 1951 ^[23]
• Rhembastus tricolor Bechyné, 1946 ^[22]
• Rhembastus unicostulatus Bechyné, 1947 ^[21]

Species moved to Paraivongius : ^[28]

• Rhembastus inapicalis Pic, 1940 ^[5]

References

1. Harold, E. von (1877). "Coleopterorum species novae". Mitteilungen der Münchener Entomologischen Vereins. 1: 97–111.
2. 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.
3. Pic, M. (1939). "Coléoptères Phytophages d'Angola". Revue suisse de Zoologie . 46 (4): 115–142.
4. Witt, A. B. R.; McConnachie, A. J.; Palmer, W. A.; Grobbelaar, E. (2006). "Distribution, biology and host range of Rhembastus sp. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), a candidate for the biological control of Bryophyllum delagoense (Crassulaceae) in Australia". Biocontrol Science and Technology. 16 (8): 859–869. Bibcode:2006BioST..16..859W. doi:10.1080/09583150600827819. S2CID   85773533.
5. Pic, M. (1940). "Opuscula martialis". L'Echange, Revue Linnéenne, Moulins. Numéro spécial: 1–16.
6. Selman, B. J. (1972). "Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Exploration Parc National de la Garamba. Mission H. De Saeger. 55: 1–95.
7. Jacoby, M. (1904). "Another contribution to the knowledge of African Phytophagous Coleoptera". Journal of Zoology . 74 (1): 230–270. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1904.tb08290.x.
8. Pic, M. (1952). "Coléoptères du globe" (PDF). L'Echange. 68 (529): 9–12.
9. Burgeon, L. (1942). "Chrysomelidae - S. Fam. Eumolpinae" (PDF). Exploration du Parc National Albert - Exploratie van het Nationaal Albert Park - Mission/Zending G.F. De Witte (1933-1935). 37: 3–31.
10. Lefèvre, E. (1877). "Descriptions de Coléoptères nouveaux ou peu connus de la Famille des Eumolpides (2e partie)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France . 5. 7: 309–326.
11. Weise, J. (1883). "Fünf neue Syagrus". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift . 27 (2): 335–336.
12. Zoia, S. (2017). "The Eumolpinae of São Thomé, Príncipe & Bioko Islands from the collections of the Museo civico di Storia naturale "G. Doria", Genoa (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova. 110: 325–398.
13. Pic, M. (1952). "Coléoptères du globe" (PDF). L'Echange. 68 (527): 1–4.
14. Lefèvre, E. (1891). "Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de Clytrides et d'Eumolpides". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 35: CCXLVIII–CCLXXIX.
15. Jacoby, M. (1897). "Further contributions to the knowledge of the phytophagous Coleoptera of Africa, including Madagascar, Part II". Journal of Zoology . 65 (3): 527–577. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1897.tb03108.x.
16. Bechyné, J. (1960). "Notes sur quelques Rhembastus de Madagascar (Col. Phytoph. Eumolpidae)" (PDF). Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 29 (9): 274–278. doi:10.3406/linly.1960.6908.
17. Bechyné, J. (1953). "Nouveaux Eumolpides de Madagascar" (PDF). Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 22 (9): 230–233. doi:10.3406/linly.1953.7598.
18. Bechyné, J. (1956). "Nouveaux Eumolpides de Madagascar (Col. Phytophaga)" (PDF). Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 25 (9): 228–231. doi:10.3406/linly.1956.7843.
19. Jacoby, M. (1892). "Descriptions of some new Genera and new Species of Phytophagous Coleoptera from Madagascar". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London . 1892: 564–579.
20. Bechyné, J. (1950). "Eumolpides nouveaux de Madagascar (Col . Phytophaga)". Publications de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 19: 148–151.
21. Bechyné, J. (1947). "Chrysomeloidea Madagassa (Coleoptera)" (PDF). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae . 25: 29–47.
22. Bechyné, J. (1946). "Notulae ad cognitionem Phytophagorum madagascariensium (Col.)" (PDF). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae . 24: 69–81.
23. Bechyné, J. (1951). "Nouveaux Eumolpides de Madagascar (Col. Phytophaga)" (PDF). Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 20 (9): 195–198. doi:10.3406/linly.1951.7442.
24. Bechyné, J. (1946). "Příspěvek k poznání madagaskarských mandelinek z čeledi Eumolpidae. Adnotationes ad cognitionem Eumolpidarum Madagascariensium. (Col., Phytophaga)" (PDF). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae . 24: 39–52.
25. Bechyné, J. (1964). "Notizen zu den madagassischen Chrysomeloidea" (PDF). Mitteilungen der Munchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft (E. V.). 54: 68–161.
26. Bechyné, J. (1949). "Dixième note sur les Eumolpidae malgaches". Acta Societatis Entomologicae Cechoslovenicae. 46 (1–2): 18–25.
27. Maulik, S. (1931). "Coleoptera, Chrysomelidæ: Eumolpinæ, Galerucinæ and Halticinæ". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London . 2, Zoology. 19 (2): 241–260. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1931.tb00128.x.
28. 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.

External links

• List of Rhembastus species