Acronymolpus

Acronymolpus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Coleoptera
Family:Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:Eumolpinae
Tribe:Eumolpini
Genus:Acronymolpus
Samuelson, 2015[1]
Type species
Acronymolpus joliveti
( = Stethotes jourdani Jolivet, Verma & Mille, 2013)
Samuelson, 2015[1]

Acronymolpus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. Four species were originally described for the genus[1]; however, they were later found to be the female and male forms of two previously described Stethotes species, which were then transferred to the genus.[2] The genus is endemic to New Caledonia.

Both species of the genus are sexually dimorphic; the females are large and reddish, and the males are small and black.[2]

Species

  • A. bertiae (Jolivet, Verma & Mille, 2007)[3] (Synonyms: A. meteorus Samuelson, 2015; A. turbo Samuelson, 2015)
  • A. jourdani (Jolivet, Verma & Mille, 2013)[4] (Synonyms: A. gressitti Samuelson, 2015; A. joliveti Samuelson, 2015)

References

  1. 1 2 3 Samuelson, G. A. (2015). "Acronymolpus, a new genus of Eumolpinae, endemic to New Caledonia (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)". ZooKeys (547): 93–102. doi:10.3897/zookeys.547.9698. PMC 4714335. PMID 26798316.
  2. 1 2 Gómez-Zurita, J. (2017). "Insights on the genus Acronymolpus Samuelson with new synonymies and exclusion of Stethotes Baly from the fauna of New Caledonia (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae)". ZooKeys (720): 65–75. doi:10.3897/zookeys.720.13582. PMC 5740434. PMID 29290725.
  3. ↑ Jolivet, P.; Verma, K.K.; Mille, C. (2007). "New Genera and Species of Eumolpinae from New Caledonia (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Revue française d'Entomologie (N.S.). 29 (2–3): 77–92.
  4. ↑ Jolivet, P.; Verma, K.K.; Mille, C. (2013). "New and known leaf beetles collected in Mont Panié in 2010 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae)". Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie. 29 (3–4): 141–154.
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