Phytorus Explained

Phytorus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in Southeast Asia.^[1]

Species

• Phytorus antennalis Medvedev & Moseyko, 2003^[1]
• Phytorus cyclopterus Lefèvre, 1885^[2]
• Phytorus dilatatus Jacoby, 1884
• Phytorus laysi Medvedev & Moseyko, 2003^[1]
• Phytorus pinguis (Baly, 1867)

Synonyms and species moved to other genera:^[1]

• Phytorus assimilis Lefèvre, 1890: moved to Rhyparida
• Phytorus fervidus Lefèvre, 1885:^[2] moved to Rhyparida
• Phytorus gibbosus Lefèvre, 1885:^[2] moved to Phytorellus
• Phytorus latus Weise, 1910:^[3] moved to Phytorellus
• Phytorus leyteanus Medvedev, 1995:^[4] moved to Rhyparida
• Phytorus lineolatus Weise, 1923: moved to Rhyparida
• Phytorus nigripes Lefèvre, 1885:^[2] moved to Rhyparida
• Phytorus pallidus Lefèvre, 1890: moved to Rhyparida
• Phytorus plebejus Lefèvre, 1885:^[2] moved to Rhyparida
• Phytorus puncticollis Lefèvre, 1885:^[2] synonym of Phytorus dilatatus Jacoby, 1884
• Phytorus simplex Lefèvre, 1885:^[2] moved to Rhyparida, synonym of Rhyparida lineolata (Weise, 1923)
• Phytorus tibiellus Weise, 1922:^[5] moved to Rhyparida
• Phytorus tonkinensis Lefèvre, 1893:^[6] moved to Tricliona^[7]

Notes and References

1. L. N.. Medvedev. A. G.. Moseyko. 2003. A revision of the genus Phytorus Jacoby, 1884 (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae). Russian Entomological Journal. 11. 4. 401–407.
2. Lefèvre. É.. 1885. Eumolpidarum hucusque cognitarum catalogus, sectionum conspectu systematico, generum sicut et specierum nonnullarum novarum descriptionibus adjunctis. Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège. 2. 11. 16. 1–172.
3. Weise. J.. 1910. Verzeichniss von Coleopteren aus des Philippinen, nebst zwei neuen Arten aus Niederländisch Ostindien. The Philippine Journal of Science. Section D: Ethnology, anthropology and general biology. 5. 2. 139–148.
4. Medvedev. L. N.. 1995. Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) from Leyte Island, Philippines. Stuttgarter Beiträge Naturkunde. 526. 1–22.
5. Weise. J.. 1922. Chrysomeliden der Philippinen: III. The Philippine Journal of Science. 21. 5. 423–490.
6. Lefèvre. E.. 1893. Contributions à la faune Indo-Chinoise, 12. Clytrides & Eumolpides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 62. 111–134.
7. P. V.. Romantsov. A. G.. Moseyko. 2016. To the knowledge of the leaf-beetle genera Rhyparida and Tricliona (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) from Indochina and Malay Peninsula. Zoosystematica Rossica. 25. 2. 299–313. 10.31610/zsr/2016.25.2.299.