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Xanthonia

Xanthonia is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in North and Central America, and in East, Southeast and South Asia.

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Xanthonia
Xanthonia picturata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Bromiini
Genus: Xanthonia
Baly, 18631
Type species
Xanthonia stevensi
Baly, 18631
Synonyms2
  • Icogramma Weise, 19223
  • Microlypesthes Pic, 1936

Xanthonia is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in North and Central America, and in East, Southeast and South Asia.

Species

Species include:456782

  • Xanthonia angulata Staines & Weisman, 20016 – United States
  • Xanthonia collaris Chen, 1940 – China
  • Xanthonia coomani (Pic, 1936)2 – Thailand, Vietnam
  • Xanthonia decemnotata (Say, 1824) – Canada, United States
  • Xanthonia dentata Staines & Weisman, 20027 – southwestern United States
  • Xanthonia dorsalis Chûjô, 1966 – Nepal
  • Xanthonia flavescens Tan, 1988 – Southwestern China (Xizang)
  • Xanthonia flavoannulata Blake, 19549 – Mexico
  • Xanthonia foveata Tan, 1992 – Southwestern China (Yunnan)
  • Xanthonia fulva Takizawa, 198710 – Nepal
  • Xanthonia furcata Staines & Weisman, 20016 – United States
  • Xanthonia glabra Medvedev, 200211 – Philippines
  • Xanthonia glabrata Tan, 1992 – Southwestern China (Yunnan)
  • Xanthonia guatemalensis Jacoby, 188212 – Mexico, Guatemala
  • Xanthonia hirsuta Weisman, 20198 – southern United States (Texas)
  • Xanthonia insularis Medvedev & Takizawa, 201113 – Bali
  • Xanthonia intermedia Staines & Weisman, 20016 – United States
  • Xanthonia jacobyi Clavareau, 191414 – Guatemala
  • Xanthonia lateralis (Jacoby, 1882)1215 – Mexico
  • Xanthonia lineigera (Weise, 1922)3 – Philippines
  • Xanthonia marmorata Jacoby, 188212 – Mexico, Guatemala, Panama
  • Xanthonia marquai Riley & Quinn, 20198 – southern United States (Texas)
  • Xanthonia minuta (Pic, 1929) – Southern China, Vietnam, Thailand
  • Xanthonia monticola Staines & Weisman, 20016 – eastern United States
  • Xanthonia morimotoi Kimoto & Gressitt, 19822 – Thailand
  • Xanthonia nepalensis Takizawa, 198710 – Nepal
  • Xanthonia nigrofasciata Jacoby, 188212 – Guatemala
  • Xanthonia nitida Weisman, 20198 – southern United States (Texas)
  • Xanthonia oblonga Takizawa & Basu, 198716 – East India (Darjeeling), Nepal
  • Xanthonia parva Riley & Quinn, 20198 – southern United States (Texas)
  • Xanthonia picturata Weisman & Riley, 20198 – southern United States (Texas)
  • Xanthonia pilosa Staines & Weisman, 20027 – western United States
  • Xanthonia pinicola Schaeffer, 193317 – southern United States
  • Xanthonia placida Baly, 187418 – Japan, South Korea
  • Xanthonia querci Weisman, 20198 – southern United States (Texas)
  • Xanthonia serrata Staines & Weisman, 20016 – United States
  • Xanthonia signata Chen, 1935 – China
  • Xanthonia similis Tan, 1992 – Southwestern China (Yunnan)
  • Xanthonia sinica Chen, 1935 – China
  • Xanthonia stevensi Baly, 18631 – Canada, United States
  • Xanthonia striata Staines & Weisman, 20016 – United States
  • Xanthonia striatipennis Kimoto, 196919 – Taiwan
  • Xanthonia taiwana Chûjô, 195620 – Taiwan
  • Xanthonia texana Weisman, 20198 – southern United States (Texas)
  • Xanthonia tuberosa Jacoby, 188212 – Mexico
  • Xanthonia umbilicata Bechyné, 195521 – Mexico
  • Xanthonia vagans (LeConte, 1884)22 – southern United States, Mexico
  • Xanthonia varipennis Chen, 1940 – Southern China (Guangxi)
  • Xanthonia villosula (F. E. Melsheimer, 1847) – Canada, United States
References

References

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