Chloropterus Explained

Chloropterus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae.^[1] It is distributed in Eastern Europe, West to Central Asia and North Africa.^{[2] [3]}

The genus was originally established under the name Heterocnemis by the Russian entomologist Ferdinand Morawitz in 1860 for a single species, Heterocnemis versicolor. However, the name Heterocnemis had already been used for a genus of flower chafers (Cetoniinae), so Morawitz renamed his genus to Chloropterus the following year.

Species

• Chloropterus bimaculatus (Raffray, 1873)^[4]
• Chloropterus fiorii Ruffo, 1965
• Chloropterus grandis Weise, 1889
• Chloropterus inornatus (Chen, 1935)^[5]
• Chloropterus lefevrei Reitter, 1890^[6]
  • Chloropterus lefevrei arabicus Lopatin, 2008^[7]
  • Chloropterus lefevrei lefevrei Reitter, 1890^[6]
• Chloropterus mateui (Selman, 1969)^{[8] [9]}
• Chloropterus moldaviensis Pic, 1909
• Chloropterus ornatus Lopatin, 1984
• Chloropterus pallidus Chobaut, 1898^[10]
• Chloropterus persicus (Baly, 1878)^{[11] [9]}
• Chloropterus politus Berti & Rapilly, 1973
• Chloropterus stigmaticollis Fairmaire, 1875
• Chloropterus unguiculatus Lopatin, 1977
• Chloropterus versicolor (Morawitz, 1860)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chloropterus. African Eumolpinae site. 10 July 2018.
2. 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.
3. Aslan. E. G.. Beenen. R.. Bayram. F.. Aslan. B.. 2013. Chloropterus versicolor (Morawitz) in Turkey: Indigeneity Confirmed (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Journal of the Entomological Research Society. 15. 2. 113–116.
4. Fairmaire. L.. Raffray. A.. 1873. Coléoptères du nord de l'Afrique. Revue et magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée. 3. 1. 331–385.
5. 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. 10.1134/S0013873812070044. 15377841.
6. Reitter. E.. 1890. Beschreibungen neuer Coleopteren aus Europa, dem Kaukasus, Russisch-Armenien und Turkestan. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung. 9. 189–198.
7. Lopatin. I.. 2008. Order Coleoptera, family Chrysomelidae. Arthropod Fauna of the UAE. 1. 312–324. 10.1.1.527.5258.
8. Selman. B. J.. 1969. Atomyria Jacobson (Coleoptera, Eumolpinae), a genus new to Africa. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 2. 41. 1. 200–202.
9. Moseyko. A.G.. 2020. A revision of the genus Atomyria Jacobson, 1894 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae). Caucasian Entomological Bulletin. 16. 2. 341–346. 10.23885/181433262020162-341346. free.
10. Chobaut. A.. 1898. Description d'un Eumolpide nouveau du Sahara algérien. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France. 1898. 208–209.
11. J. S.. Baly. 1878. Description of New Species and Genera of Eumolpidæ. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 14. 75. 246–265. 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1878.tb01834.x.