Pseudometaxis
| Pseudometaxis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Eumolpinae |
| Tribe: | Bromiini |
| Genus: | Pseudometaxis Jacoby, 1900 |
| Type species | |
| Pseudometaxis serraticollis (= Pseudometaxis serratithorax Chen, 1940) Jacoby, 1900
(nec Baly, 1867) | |
Pseudometaxis is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in Southeast Asia and Southern China.[1][2][3]
Species[edit]
The genus contains at least five species:
- Pseudometaxis minutus Pic, 1923 – China (Yunnan)
- Pseudometaxis rufescens Pic, 1927[4] – Sumatra
- Pseudometaxis serraticollis (Baly, 1867)[5] – Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Peninsular Malayasia, Sumatra
- Pseudometaxis serratithorax Chen, 1940 – Myanmar
- Pseudometaxis tonkineus Pic, 1924 – Thailand, Vietnam
Synonyms:
- Pseudometaxis hirsutus Pic, 1928: synonym of Pseudometaxis tonkineus Pic, 1924
- Pseudometaxis maculatus Chûjô, 1964: synonym of Pseudometaxis serraticollis (Baly, 1867)
- Pseudometaxis nanus Chen, 1940: synonym of Fidia submaculata (Pic, 1924)
- Pseudometaxis serraticollis Jacoby, 1900 (nec Baly, 1867): renamed to Pseudometaxis serratithorax Chen, 1940
- Pseudometaxis submaculatus (Pic, 1924): moved to Fidia
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Kimoto, S.; Gressitt, J. L. (1982). "Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) of Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. III. Eumolpinae" (PDF). Esakia. 18: 1–141. doi:10.5109/2421. hdl:2324/2421. S2CID 83265328.
- ^ Mohamedsaid, M. S. (2004). Catalogue of the Malaysian Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). Pensoft Series Faunistica. Vol. 36. Sofia: Pensoft Publishers. pp. 1–239. ISBN 9546422010. ISSN 1312-0174.
- ^ Pic, M. (1927). "Nouveaux coléoptères du Globe II". Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 52: 106–110.
- ^ Baly, J. S. (1867). "Phytophaga Malayana; a revision of the phytophagous beetles of the Malay Archipelago, with descriptions of the new species collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 3. 4: 1–300. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1866.tb01857.x.