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Eumolpus (beetle)

Eumolpus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It includes 40 species, most of which have a large size and include some of the largest members of the subfamily. They are distributed throughout the Neotropical realm, though one species (Eumolpus robustus) has been recorded as far north as Arizona (in the United States), and the genus is not found in the Caribbean.

Eumolpus
Eumolpus ignitus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Eumolpini
Genus: Eumolpus
Weber, 1801[1]
Type species
Chrysomela ignita
Fabricius, 1787
Species

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Synonyms

Etymology edit

The name of the genus is either derived from the Ancient Greek εὔμολπος (eúmolpos),[4] or is named after Eumolpus from Greek mythology, who was the son of Poseidon and Chione.[5]

Taxonomic history edit

The genus in its current sense is attributed to Weber, 1801. However, the name Eumolpus was first used in Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger's Verzeichniß der Käfer Preußens in 1798, where it was attributed to Johann Gottlieb Kugelann, and originally consisted of European species now placed in the genera Chrysochus and Bromius.

While most authors followed Weber, 1801, some recent European entomologists have followed Warchałowski, who synonymised Chrysochus with Eumolpus in 1993, designating Chrysomela praetiosa as the type species of Eumolpus. This designation by Warchałowski was invalid, since Latreille had designated Cryptocephalus vitis as the type species of Eumolpus in 1810, which placed Bromius in synonymy with Eumolpus. This threatened stability for Eumolpus, Bromius and Chrysochus.

In 2010, an application was made to the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature to conserve the names Eumolpus Weber, 1801, Chrysochus Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836 and Bromius Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836 by suppressing the name Eumolpus Illiger, 1798, and to set aside all type species designations for Eumolpus before Hope's designation of Chrysomela ignita Fabricius, 1787 in 1840.[6] This was accepted by the ICZN in 2012.[7]

Gallery edit

Species edit

The following species are described in Eumolpus:[8][9][10]

Unpublished species(?):

Species now placed in Longeumolpus:[10]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Weber, F. (1801). Observationes entomologicae, continentes novorum quae condidit generum characteres, et nuper detectarum specierum descriptiones. Kiliae: Impensis Bibliopolii Academici Novi. pp. i–xii, 1–116.
  2. ^ Kirby, W. (1837). "The insects". In Richardson, J. (ed.). Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the zoology of the northern parts of British America: containing descriptions of the objects of natural history collected on the late northern land expeditions, under command of Captain Sir John Franklin, RN. Vol. Part the fourth and last. Norwich.: J. Fletcher. p. 209.
  3. ^ a b Chapuis, F. (1874). "Tome dixième. Famille des phytophages". In Lacordaire, J.T.; Chapuis, F. (eds.). Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Genera des coléoptères. Vol. 10. Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. pp. i–iv, 1–455.
  4. ^ Chevrolat, L.A.A. (1844). "Eumolpus". In d'Orbigny, C. (ed.). Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle. Vol. 5. Paris: MM. Renard, Martinet et Cie. pp. 496–497.
  5. ^ "Genus Eumolpus". BugGuide. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  6. ^ Moseyko, A.G.; Sprecher-Uebersax, E.; Löbl, I. (2010). "Case 3519 Eumolpus Weber, 1801, Chrysochus Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836 and Bromius Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836 (Insecta, Coleoptera, chrysomelidae): proposed conservation of usage". The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 67 (3): 218–224. doi:10.21805/bzn.v67i3.a10. S2CID 83763033.
  7. ^ ICZN (2012). "Opinion 2298 (Case 3519) Eumolpus Weber, 1801, Chrysochus Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836 and Bromius Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836 (Insecta, Coleoptera, chrysomelidae): usage conserved". The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 69 (2): 147–149. doi:10.21805/bzn.v69i2.a6. S2CID 83692416. The Commission has conserved the usage of the generic names Eumolpus Weber, 1801, Chrysochus Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836 and Bromius Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836 by suppressing the name Eumolpus Illiger, 1798.
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  9. ^ Bechyné, J. (1953). "Katalog der neotropischen Eumolpiden (Col. Phytoph. Chrysomeloidea)". Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey (in German). 4: 26–303.
  10. ^ a b Špringlová, B. (1960). "Essai monographique du genre Eumolpus (Coleoptera Phytophaga)" (PDF). Memoirs of the Royal Institute of Natural Sciences of Belgium. 2. 60: 3–79.
  11. ^ a b c d e f Baly, J. S. (1877). "Descriptions of new species of phytophagous beetles belonging to the family Eumolpidae; and a monograph of the genus Eumolpus". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1877 (1): 37–56.
  12. ^ Lefèvre, E. (1884). "[Les rectifications concernant la famille des Eumolpides]". Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France. 4: XLV–XLVI.
  13. ^ Papp, C. S. (1952). "Neubeschreibungen über einige Chrysomeliden aus Südamerika (Coleopt.)". Acta Zoologica Lilloana. 10: 291–298.
  14. ^ Clavareau, H. (1914). "Chrysomelidae: 11. Eumolpinae". In Junk, W.; Schenkling, S. (eds.). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 59. Berlin: W. Junk. pp. 1–215.
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  17. ^ Horn, G. H. (1885). "Contributions to the Coleopterology of the United States (No 4)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 12: 128–162. doi:10.2307/25076454. JSTOR 25076454.
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  19. ^ Heyne, A.; Taschenberg, O. (1908). Die exotischen Käfer in Wort und Bild. Leipzig: G. Reusche. pp. 249, pl. 38.24. OCLC 13745246.
  20. ^ "Eumolpus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
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