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Microsyagrus

Microsyagrus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known from Africa. Many of the species were formerly placed in Syagrus.

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Microsyagrus
Microsyagrus sp.; Tempue, Cuanavale Source Lake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Typophorini
Genus: Microsyagrus
Pic, 1952
Type species
Microsyagrus trinotatus
(= Microsyagrus punctaticollis Zoia, 2019)
Pic, 1952

Microsyagrus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae.1 It is known from Africa. Many of the species were formerly placed in Syagrus.2

Species

  • Microsyagrus angolensis (Pic, 1939)34 – Angola
  • Microsyagrus atriventris (Pic, 1939)4 – Tanzania
  • Microsyagrus bingeri (Pic, 1949)5 – Ivory Coast
  • Microsyagrus bingervillensis Selman, 1973 – Ivory Coast, Ghana
  • Microsyagrus discoidalis (Pic, 1940)65 – Angola
  • (?)Microsyagrus discomaculatus (Pic, 1939)34 – Angola
  • Microsyagrus favareli (Pic, 1938)5 – Central Africa Republic
  • Microsyagrus fulvimanus (Jacoby, 1904)72 – Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • Microsyagrus gabonicus (Pic, 1949)5 – Gabon
  • Microsyagrus gossypii (Bryant, 1933)82 – Ivory Coast, Nigeria
  • Microsyagrus immaculatus (Pic, 1949)5 – Congo
  • Microsyagrus insignitus (Jacoby, 1898)92 – South Africa
  • Microsyagrus laurenti (Pic, 1949)4 – Senegal
  • Microsyagrus maculosus (Lefèvre, 1891)104 – Tanzania (Zanzibar)
  • Microsyagrus madoni (Pic, 1940)115 – Gabon
  • Microsyagrus marshalli Selman, 19652 – South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Somalia
  • Microsyagrus mashonanus (Jacoby, 1897)122 – Zimbabwe, Ethiopia
  • Microsyagrus notatus Pic, 1952 – Benin
  • Microsyagrus punctaticollis Zoia, 20195 – Benin
  • Microsyagrus raffrayi (Pic, 1940)115 – Ethiopia
  • Microsyagrus recticollis (Pic, 1949)5 – Tanzania, DR Congo
  • Microsyagrus rosae (Bryant, 1936)132 – Uganda, DR Congo
  • Microsyagrus saegeri Selman, 197214 – DR Congo
  • Microsyagrus testaceonotatus (Pic, 1940)5 – Central African Republic
  • Microsyagrus trinotatus (Pic, 1939)35 – Angola
  • Microsyagrus unicolor Pic, 1952 – Benin
  • Microsyagrus variabilis Selman, 197214 – DR Congo
  • Microsyagrus zeae (Bryant, 1948)152 – Senegal

Species moved to Afroeurydemus:5

  • Microsyagrus annulipes Pic, 1952
  • Microsyagrus cribricollis Pic, 1952: renamed to Afroeurydemus fortesculptus Zoia, 2019

Other synonyms:

  • Microsyagrus trinotatus Pic, 1952: renamed to Microsyagrus punctaticollis Zoia, 20195
References

References

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  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. Zoia, S. (2023). "Considerations on the genus Syagrus Chapuis 1874 and the taxa ascribed to it (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae)". Natural History Sciences. 10 (Supplement 1): 37–44. doi:10.4081/nhs.2023.691.
  5. 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.
  6. Pic, M. (1940). "Nouvelle série de Coléoptères d'Angola". Revue suisse de Zoologie. 47 (17): 359–365. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.144765.
  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. Bryant, G. E. (1933). "Some New Phytophaga from Africa". Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London. Series B, Taxonomy. 2 (11): 250–255. Bibcode:1933SysEn...2..250B. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1993.tb00961.x.
  9. Jacoby, M. (1898). "List of the Phytophagous Coleoptera obtained by Mr W. L. Distant in the Transvaal, with descriptions of the new species" (PDF). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7. 1 (5): 344–360. doi:10.1080/00222939808677985.
  10. Lefèvre, E. (1891). "Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de Clytrides et d'Eumolpides". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 35: CCXLVIII–CCLXXIX.
  11. Pic, M. (1940). "Opuscula martialis". L'Echange, Revue Linnéenne, Moulins. Numéro spécial: 1–16.
  12. 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.
  13. Bryant, G. E. (1936). "Some New Injurious Phytophaga from British East Africa (Coleopt.)". Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London. Series B, Taxonomy. 5 (12): 217–219. Bibcode:1936SysEn...5..217B. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1936.tb01311.x.
  14. Selman, B. J. (1972). "Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Exploration Parc National de la Garamba. Mission H. De Saeger. 55: 1–95.
  15. Bryant, G. E. (1948). "New species of Chrysomelidae from Senegal and the Ivory Coast". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 12. 1 (1): 58–65. doi:10.1080/00222934808653888.