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Genus of leaf beetles from Asia and Europe
Pachnephoptrus is a
genus of
leaf beetles in the subfamily
Eumolpinae .
[3] The genus includes four species; one of them,
P. weisei , is distributed from the
Transcaucasus to
Central Asia , while the other three are found in the
Himalayas .
[4]
Species
Pachnephoptrus cashmirensis (
Jacoby , 1900) –
Kashmir
Pachnephoptrus indicus (
Jacoby , 1895)
[2] – India (
Himachal Pradesh ), Nepal
Pachnephoptrus squamosus (Bryant, 1923)
[5]
[6] – India (Himachal Pradesh,
West Bengal )
Pachnephoptrus weisei
Reitter , 1892 – Azerbaijan, Armenia, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Host plants
P. weisei has been reported on plants of the genus
Astragalus (Fabaceae), while P. squamosus has been reported attacking young leaves of
pear trees in an orchard in
Shimla , India.
[5]
[7]
References
^ Moseyko, A. G.; Sprecher-Uebersax, E. (2010).
"New nomenclatural and taxonomic acts, and comments. Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae" . In Löbl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea . Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. pp. 80–83.
ISBN
978-87-88757-84-2 .
^
a
b Jacoby, M. (1895).
"Descriptions of the new species of Phytophagous Coleoptera obtained by Mr Andrewes in India" . Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique . 39 : 252–288.
^ Moseyko, A. G.; Sprecher-Uebersax, E. (2010).
"Eumolpinae" . In Löbl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea . Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. pp. 619–643.
ISBN
978-87-88757-84-2 .
^ Medvedev, L. N.; Sprecher-Uebersax, E. (1999).
"Taxonomical study of Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) from Nepal" . Entomologica Basiliensia . 21 : 355–370.
doi :
10.5169/seals-980426 .
^
a
b Bryant, G. E. (1922).
"New Injurious Phytophaga from India and Brazil" . Bulletin of Entomological Research . 13 (3) (published 31 January 1923): 261–265.
doi :
10.1017/S0007485300045338 .
^ Papp, C.S. (1951).
"Some new Phytophaga from South-America and India (42d Contribution to the knowledge of the Chrysomelidae)" . Tijdschrift voor Entomologie . 93 : 131–133.
^ Pierre, Jolivet (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 (in French). 56 (7): 217–240.
doi :
10.3406/linly.1987.10805 .