Biology:Abiromorphus

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Short description: Genus of leaf beetles from Asia

Abiromorphus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Eumolpini
Genus: Abiromorphus
Pic, 1924[1]
Type species
Abiromorphus anceyi
Pic, 1924[1]

Abiromorphus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae, including two species found in eastern Asia. It was first described by the French entomologist Maurice Pic in 1924 for a single species from China . It is similar to Abirus, and is distinguished by simple tarsal claws and thick femurs.[1]

Species

  • Abiromorphus anceyi Pic, 1924[1] – China (Jiangsu, Jilin, Zhejiang), North Korea, South Korea, Russia (Far East)[2]
  • Abiromorphus vietnamicus Medvedev, 2015[3] – Northern Vietnam (Cao Bằng Province)

Host plants

A. anceyi has been reported on plants of the genera Prunus, Salix, Populus and Ziziphus.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Pic, M. (1924). "Nouveautés diverses". Mélanges Exotico–Entomologiques 41: 1–32. http://brittlebooks.library.illinois.edu/brittlebooks_open/Books2011-09/picmau0001melexo/picmau0001melexov00000i00041/picmau0001melexov00000i00041.pdf. 
  2. Moseyko, A. G.; Sprecher-Uebersax, E. (2010). "Eumolpinae". Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. pp. 619–643. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=qt8zDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA620. 
  3. Medvedev, L. N. (2015). "New and poorly known Oriental Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) in the collection of the Naturkundemuseum Erfurt". Vernate 34: 319–335. https://www.naturkundemuseum-erfurt.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Wissenschaft/Publikationen/Museumshefte_Vernate/Hefte/34/21_medvedev_1.pdf. 
  4. Pierre, Jolivet (1987). "Sélection trophique chez les Megascelinae et les Eumolpinae (Cyclica) (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae). Suite et fin." (in French). Bulletin mensuel de la Société linnéenne de Lyon 56 (7): 217–240. doi:10.3406/linly.1987.10805. 

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