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Parnops

Parnops is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It contains four species, which are distributed in the southern part of Central Asia and in Iran, Mongolia and northern China.

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Parnops
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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: Parnops
Jacobson, 18941
Type species
Parnops glasunowi
Jacobson, 1894

Parnops is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It contains four species, which are distributed in the southern part of Central Asia and in Iran, Mongolia and northern China.23

Species

Host plants

Parnops has been reported on plants of the genera Pyrus, Salix and Populus.4

References

References

  1. Jacobson, G. G. (1894). "Chrysomelidae palaearcticae novae ac parum cognitae". Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae. 29: 269–278.
  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. Nesterova, O.L. (2006). "Description of the larva and pupa of Parnops glasunovi (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)". Entomological Review. 86 (3): 369–372. doi:10.1134/S0013873806030122. S2CID 20855717.
  4. Pierre, Jolivet (1987). "Sélection trophique chez les Megascelinae et les Eumolpinae (Cyclica) (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae). Suite et fin" [Trophic Selection among Megascelinae and Eumolpinae (Cyclica) (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae)]. Bulletin mensuel de la Société linnéenne de Lyon (in French). 56 (7): 217–240. doi:10.3406/linly.1987.10805.