Pheloticus Explained

Pheloticus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is found in Madagascar.^{[1] [2]} Many species had been previously placed in the related genus Syagrus by Jan Bechyně.

Species

• Pheloticus achardi (Bechyné, 1947)^[3]
  • Pheloticus achardi achardi (Bechyné, 1947)
  • Pheloticus achardi boreella (Bechyné, 1951)^[4]
  • Pheloticus achardi sequens (Bechyné, 1951)^[4]
  • Pheloticus achardi tabens (Bechyné, 1947)^[3]
• Pheloticus affinis Brancsik, 1893
• Pheloticus allochromus (Bechyné, 1964)^[5]
• Pheloticus allotrophicus (Bechyné, 1950)
• Pheloticus ambrensis (Bechyné, 1964)^[5]
• Pheloticus argopoides (Fairmaire, 1869)
• Pheloticus basipennis (Fairmaire, 1902)
• Pheloticus bipartitus (Fairmaire, 1886)
• Pheloticus brunneus Jacoby, 1892^[6]
• Pheloticus castellanus (Bechyné, 1964)^[5]
• Pheloticus costatipennis (Jacoby, 1877)^[7]
• Pheloticus dilutus (Lefèvre, 1877) – also known from Réunion
• Pheloticus distentus (Bechyné, 1946)^[8]
• Pheloticus diversicornis (Bechyné, 1947)^[3]
• Pheloticus femoralis Weise, 1910
• Pheloticus haroldi (Duvivier, 1891)
• Pheloticus hovus (Bechyné, 1951)^[4]
• Pheloticus lebisi (Bechyné, 1947)^[9]
• Pheloticus lefevrei (Jacoby, 1901)
• Pheloticus madagascariensis (Jacoby, 1877)^[7]
• Pheloticus marlenus (Bechyné, 1964)^[5]
• Pheloticus maromandiae (Bechyné, 1946)^[8]
• Pheloticus nigricollis (Jacoby, 1877)^[7]
• Pheloticus pallidipennis Jacoby, 1895
• Pheloticus perroti (Jacoby, 1895)
• Pheloticus pullatus (Bechyné, 1947)^[9]
• Pheloticus quartus (Bechyné, 1964)^[5]
• Pheloticus quintus (Bechyné, 1964)^[5]
  • Pheloticus quintus imerinensis (Bechyné, 1964)^[5]
  • Pheloticus quintus graciliformis (Bechyné, 1964)^[5]
• Pheloticus recidivus (Bechyné, 1947)^[9]
• Pheloticus rhembastoides (Bechyné, 1947)^[3]
• Pheloticus rogezianus (Bechyné, 1949)^[10]
  • Pheloticus rogezianus rogezianus (Bechyné, 1949)
  • Pheloticus rogezianus sambiranensis (Bechyné, 1949)
• Pheloticus rufipennis (Duvivier, 1891)
• Pheloticus rugicollis (Jacoby, 1897)^[11]
• Pheloticus secundus (Bechyné, 1964)^[5]
• Pheloticus semistriatus Fairmaire, 1886
• Pheloticus sextus (Bechyné, 1964)^[5]
• Pheloticus strangulatus (Bechyné, 1947)^[9]
  • Pheloticus strangulatus mandrakanus (Bechyné, 1947)^[9]
  • Pheloticus strangulatus nandihizinae (Bechyné, 1947)^[9]
• Pheloticus strigicollis (Fairmaire, 1886)
• Pheloticus tertius (Bechyné, 1964)^[5]
• Pheloticus vadoni (Bechyné, 1946)^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pheloticus. African Eumolpinae site. 18 December 2023.
2. B. J.. Selman. 1965. A revision of the Nodini and a key to the genera of Eumolpidae of Africa (Coleoptera: Eumolpidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 16. 3. 141–174. 10.5962/bhl.part.21864.
3. Bechyné. J.. 1947. Chrysomeloidea Madagassa (Coleoptera). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 25. 29–47.
4. Bechyné. J.. 1951. Contribution a la connaissance des Eumolpide Malgaches. Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 20. 4 . 91–94. 10.3406/linly.1951.7395.
5. Bechyné. J.. 1964. Notizen zu den madagassischen Chrysomeloidea. Mitteilungen der Munchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft (E. V.). 54. 68–161. 2018-09-23. 2018-09-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20180923200754/http://chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/sites/chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/files/1964_Separata_157.pdf. dead.
6. Jacoby. M.. 1892. Descriptions of some new Genera and new Species of Phytophagous Coleoptera from Madagascar. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1892. 564–579.
7. Jacoby. M.. 1877. Descriptions of new species of Phytophagous Coleoptera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1877. 510–520.
8. Bechyné. J.. 1946. Notulae ad cognitionem Phytophagorum madagascariensium (Col.). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 24. 69–81.
9. Bechyné. J.. 1947. Diagnosy nových madagaskarských mandelinek čel. Eumolpidae. De Eumolpidarum madagascariensium formis novis (Col. Phytophaga). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 25. 95–102.
10. Bechyné. J.. 1949. Dixième note sur les Eumolpidae malgaches. Acta Societatis Entomologicae Cechoslovenicae. 46. 1–2. 18–25.
11. M.. Jacoby. 1897. Further contributions to the knowledge of the phytophagous Coleoptera of Africa, including Madagascar, Part II. Journal of Zoology. 65. 3. 527–577. 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1897.tb03108.x.