Parnops Explained

Parnops is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It contains four species, which are distributed in the southern part of Central Asia and in Iran, Mongolia and northern China.^{[1] [2]}

Species

• Parnops atriceps Pic, 1903 – China (Xinjiang)
• Parnops glasunowi Jacobson, 1894
  • Parnops glasunowi ferghanicus Lopatin, 1976 – Kyrgyzstan
  • Parnops glasunowi glasunowi Jacobson, 1894 – China (Gansu, Hebei, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Xinjiang), Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
• Parnops ordossana Jacobson, 1910 – China (Inner Mongolia)
• Parnops vaillanti Pic, 1945 – China (Xinjiang)

Host plants

Parnops has been reported on plants of the genera Pyrus, Salix and Populus.^[3]

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. Nesterova. O.L.. 2006. Description of the larva and pupa of Parnops glasunovi (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). Entomological Review. 86. 3. 369–372. 10.1134/S0013873806030122. 20855717.
3. Jolivet. Pierre. 1987. Sélection trophique chez les Megascelinae et les Eumolpinae (Cyclica) (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae). Suite et fin.. Trophic Selection among Megascelinae and Eumolpinae (Cyclica) (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae). Bulletin mensuel de la Société linnéenne de Lyon. 56. 7. 217–240. 10.3406/linly.1987.10805. free. French.