Pachnephoptrus
| Pachnephoptrus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Eumolpinae |
| Tribe: | Bromiini |
| Genus: | Pachnephoptrus Reitter, 1892 |
| Type species | |
| Pachnephoptrus weisei Reitter, 1892
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| Synonyms[1] | |
Pachnephoptrus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae.[3] The genus includes four species; one of them, P. weisei, is distributed from the Transcaucasus to Central Asia, while the other three are found in the Himalayas.[4]
Species[edit]
- Pachnephoptrus cashmirensis (Jacoby, 1900) – Kashmir
- Pachnephoptrus indicus (Jacoby, 1895)[2] – India (Himachal Pradesh), Nepal
- Pachnephoptrus squamosus (Bryant, 1923)[5][6] – India (Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal)
- Pachnephoptrus weisei Reitter, 1892 – Azerbaijan, Armenia, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Host plants[edit]
P. weisei has been reported on plants of the genus Astragalus (Fabaceae), while P. squamosus has been reported attacking young leaves of pear trees in an orchard in Shimla, India.[5][7]
References[edit]
- ^ Moseyko, A. G.; Sprecher-Uebersax, E. (2010). "New nomenclatural and taxonomic acts, and comments. Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae". In Löbl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. pp. 80–83. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2.
- ^ a b Jacoby, M. (1895). "Descriptions of the new species of Phytophagous Coleoptera obtained by Mr Andrewes in India". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 39: 252–288.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Medvedev, L. N.; Sprecher-Uebersax, E. (1999). "Taxonomical study of Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) from Nepal". Entomologica Basiliensia. 21: 355–370. doi:10.5169/seals-980426.
- ^ a b Bryant, G. E. (1922). "New Injurious Phytophaga from India and Brazil". Bulletin of Entomological Research. 13 (3) (published 31 January 1923): 261–265. doi:10.1017/S0007485300045338.
- ^ Papp, C.S. (1951). "Some new Phytophaga from South-America and India (42d Contribution to the knowledge of the Chrysomelidae)". Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 93: 131–133.
- ^ 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.