Aoria (beetle) explained

Aoria is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. Members of the genus are distributed in East and Southeast Asia.^{[1] [2] [3]} Food plants are known for only a few species, all of which were recorded from Vitaceae.^[4]

Four genera similar to Aoria are known: Aloria, Enneaoria, Osnaparis and Pseudaoria. Osnaparis is regarded as a subgenus of Aoria by some researchers.^[5] In a revision of the genus Aoria in 2012, L. N. Medvedev included both Osnaparis and Pseudaoria as subgenera of Aoria, and treated Enneaoria as a synonym of Aloria.^[4]

Species

Subgenus Aoria Baly, 1863

• Aoria annulipes Pic, 1935
• Aoria antennata Chen, 1940
• Aoria atra Pic, 1923
• Aoria bicoloripes Pic, 1935
• Aoria bowringi (Baly, 1860)^[6]
  • Aoria bowringi bowringi (Baly, 1860)
  • Aoria bowringi larvata Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961
• Aoria brancuccii Medvedev, 2012^[4]
• Aoria carinata Tan, 1993
• Aoria costata Tan, 1992
• Aoria cuprea Medvedev, 2012^[4]
• Aoria cyanea Chen, 1940
• Aoria fulva Medvedev, 2012^[4]
• Aoria fulvula Medvedev, 2012^[7]
• Aoria gracilicornis Chen, 1940
• Aoria heinzi Medvedev, 2012^[4]
• Aoria humeralis Medvedev, 2019^[8]
• Aoria marginipennis Medvedev, 2012^[4]
• Aoria martensi Medvedev, 2012^[4]
• Aoria nepalica Medvedev & Sprecher-Uebersax, 1997
• Aoria nigripennis Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961
• Aoria nigripes (Baly, 1860)^[6]
• Aoria nigromarginata Medvedev, 2012^[4]
• Aoria panfilovi Medvedev, 2012^[4]
• Aoria rufotestacea Fairmaire, 1889
• Aoria scutellaris Pic, 1923
  • Aoria scutellaris rufipennis Pic, 1923
  • Aoria scutellaris scutellaris Pic, 1923
• Aoria semicostata Jacoby, 1892
• Aoria thibetana Pic, 1928
• Aoria vietnamica Medvedev, 2012^[4]

Subgenus Osnaparis Fairmaire, 1889 (sometimes considered a separate genus)

• Aoria laosica Medvedev, 2012^[4]
• Aoria lushuiensis Tan, 1992
• Aoria montana Tan, 1992
• Aoria nucea (Fairmaire, 1889)
• Aoria pallidipennis Pic, 1928

Subgenus Pseudaoria Jacoby, 1908^[2] (sometimes considered a separate genus)

• Aoria burmanica (Jacoby, 1908)^[2]
• Aoria coerulea (Jacoby, 1908)^[2]
• Aoria floccosa (Tan, 1992)
• Aoria irregulare (Tan, 1992)
• Aoria petri (Warchałowski, 2010)^[9]
• Aoria rufina (Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961)
• Aoria yunnana (Tan, 1992)

Notes and References

1. Book: Moseyko. A. G.. Sprecher-Uebersax. E.. 2010. Eumolpinae. https://books.google.com/books?id=qt8zDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA620. Löbl. I.. Smetana. A.. Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark. Apollo Books. 619–643. 978-87-88757-84-2.
2. Book: Jacoby, M.. 1908. Bingham. C. T.. Coleoptera. Chrysomelidae. Vol. 1. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Taylor & Francis. London.
3. Kimoto. S.. Gressitt. J. L.. 1982. Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) of Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. III. Eumolpinae. Esakia. 18. 1–141. 10.5109/2421 . 2324/2421. 83265328 .
4. Medvedev. L.N.. 2012. Revision of the genus Aoria Baly, 1863 (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) from China and Indochina. Russian Entomological Journal. 21. 1. 45–52. 10.15298/rusentj.21.1.06. free.
5. Alexey G.. Moseyko. Alexander G.. Kirejtshuk. Andre. Nel. 2010. New genera and new species of leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Polyphaga: Chrysomelidae) from Lowermost Eocene French amber. . Nouvelle Série. 46. 1–2. 116–123. 10.1080/00379271.2010.10697645. free.
6. J. S.. Baly. 1860. Descriptions of New Genera and Species of Eumolpidae. The Journal of Entomology. 1. 1. 23–36.
7. Medvedev. L.N.. 2012. New and interesting Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the collection of the Naturkundemuseum Erfurt. Vernate. 31. 501–515.
8. Medvedev. L.N.. 2019. New and poorly known Oriental Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera). Russian Entomological Journal. 28. 2. 165–168. 10.15298/rusentj.28.2.08. free.
9. Warchałowski. A.. 2010. Remarks on the Genus Pseudaoria Jacoby, 1908 with Description of a New Species from China (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae). Annales Zoologici. 60. 3. 337–341. 10.3161/000345410X535334. 84591982.