Aphilenia

Aphilenia is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in Central and East Asia.[1] Beetles in the genus are adapted to dry climates, and feed on bushes of the genus Calligonum. In 2012, the genus was moved from the tribe Bromiini to the tribe Nodinini.[2]

Aphilenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Typophorini
Genus: Aphilenia
Weise in Reitter, 1889
Type species
Aphilenia interrupta
Weise in Reitter, 1889

Species
  • Subgenus Aphilenia Weise in Reitter, 1889 (type species: Aphilenia interrupta Weise in Reitter, 1889)
    • Aphilenia astakhovi Moseyko, 2012[2]
    • Aphilenia gobica Lopatin, 1970 (formerly a subspecies of A. interrupta)[3]
    • Aphilenia interrupta Weise in Reitter, 1889
    • Aphilenia ornata Reitter, 1889
    • Aphilenia parvula Weise in Hauser, 1894[4]
  • Subgenus Pseudaphilenia Lopatin, 1976 (type species: Aphilenia hauseri Weise in Hauser, 1894)
    • Aphilenia lopatini Moseyko, 2013[3]
    • Aphilenia mujunkumica Moseyko, 2013[3]
    • Aphilenia unicolor Reitter, 1889 (formerly a variation of A. interrupta; synonym: A. hauseri Weise in Hauser, 1894[4])[2]

References
  1. 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.
  2. Moseyko, A. G. (2012). "Comments on the genus Aphilenia Weise in Reitter, 1889 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae), with a description of a new species from Russia". Entomological Review. 92 (7): 773–781. doi:10.1134/S0013873812070044.
  3. Moseyko, A. G. (2013). "New data on the leaf beetle genus Aphilenia Weise in Reitter, 1889, with descriptions of two new species from Kazakhstan (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae)" (PDF). Caucasian Entomological Bulletin. 9 (1): 108–111. doi:10.23885/1814-3326-2013-9-1-108-111.
  4. Hauser, F. (1894). "Beitrag zur Coleopteren-Fauna von Transcaspien und Turkestan". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 1894 (1): 17–74.


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