Chrysonopa Explained

Chrysonopa is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in Asia^[1] and New Guinea.^[2]

Species

The following species are placed in the genus:^[3]

• Chrysonopa apicalis Takizawa, 1989^[4]
• Chrysonopa brunnea Jacoby, 1908
• Chrysonopa longipes (Jacoby, 1894)
• Chrysonopa metallica Bryant, 1950^[2]
• Chrysonopa nigroscutella Tan, 1988
• Chrysonopa rotundicollis (Jacoby, 1900)
• Chrysonopa tibetana Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961
• Chrysonopa viridis Jacoby, 1908

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. Bryant. G. E.. 1950. New species of Chrysomelidæ (Coleoptera) from New Guinea, collected by Miss L. E. Cheesman (contd.). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 12. 3. 27. 209–219. 10.1080/00222935008654708.
3. Clavareau. H.. 1914. Chrysomelidae: 11. Eumolpinae. Junk. W.. Wilhelm Junk. Schenkling. S.. Sigmund Schenkling. Coleopterorum Catalogus. 59. 1–215. Berlin. W. Junk.
4. Takizawa. H.. 1989. Chrysomelid beetles of Nepal, northeastern India and western Sikkim collected by the Himalaya Expeditions of the National Science Museum, Tokyo (Part 1). Japanese Journal of Entomology. 57. 2. 319–332.