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Parheminodes

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.

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Parheminodes
Parheminodes pulcher, Thailand
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
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:12

  • 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

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.