Entomoscelis

Entomoscelis is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 12 described species in Entomoscelis.[1][2][3][4] The genus has a Holarctic distribution. Adults have red elytra with black markings.[5]

Entomoscelis
Entomoscelis americana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Tribe: Chrysomelini
Genus: Entomoscelis
Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836
Type species
Chrysomela adonidis
Pallas, 1771

Species

These 12 species belong to the genus Entomoscelis:[4]

  • Entomoscelis adonidis (Pallas, 1771)
    • Entomoscelis adonidis adonidis (Pallas, 1771) – Distribution: from Portugal to Russian Far East and the north-western part of North America (western Canada and western USA); includes the former Entomoscelis americana
    • Entomoscelis adonidis caucasica Kippenberg, 2020 – Distribution: Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Russia, Turkey
    • Entomoscelis adonidis goliath Abeille de Perrin, 1897 – Distribution: Southeastern Turkey
  • Entomoscelis berytensis (Reiche & Saulcy, 1858) – Distribution: Armenia, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Egypt (?)
  • Entomoscelis cornea Abeille de Perrin, 1897 – Distribution: North Africa, from Morocco to Libya
  • Entomoscelis deserticola Lopatin, 1967 – Distribution: China
  • Entomoscelis dorsalis (Fabricius, 1777)
    • Entomoscelis dorsalis bashkiriae Kippenberg, 2020 – Distribution: Russia (Bashkortostan)
    • Entomoscelis dorsalis dorsalis (Fabricius, 1777) – Distribution: Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Greece (?)
    • Entomoscelis dorsalis hammarstroemi Jacobson, 1901 – Distribution: Russia (southern Siberia)
    • Entomoscelis dorsalis iranica Kippenberg, 2020 – Distribution: Northern Iran (Tehran Province)
    • Entomoscelis dorsalis turkestana Mikhailov, 2020 – Distribution: Kazakhstan
  • Entomoscelis erythrocnema Jacobson, 1893 – Distribution: Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, northern Afghanistan
  • Entomoscelis nigriventris Daccordi & Yang, 2009 – Distribution: China
  • Entomoscelis orientalis Motschulsky, 1860 – Distribution: China
  • Entomoscelis pilula Lopatin, 1967 – Distribution: Caucasus and Central Asia
  • Entomoscelis pulla Daccordi & Ge, 2009 – Distribution: China
  • Entomoscelis rumex Kippenberg, 2020 (replacement name for Entomoscelis rumicis (Fabricius, 1787)) – Distribution: North Africa (Maghreb), Spain (?)
  • Entomoscelis sacra (Linnaeus, 1758) – Distribution: Romania, Moldova, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Ukraine, Crimea, Russia (Udmurtia), Georgia, Armenia, Turkey, Syria, Israel, Jordan, Iraq, Iran

Formerly included species:

  • Entomoscelis americana Brown, 1942 (red turnip beetle): synonym of Entomoscelis adonidis (Pallas, 1771)
  • Entomoscelis occidentalis Escalera, 1914: synonym of Entomoscelis cornea Abeille de Perrin, 1897
  • Entomoscelis suturalis Weise, 1882: synonym of Entomoscelis sacra (Linnaeus, 1758)

The name Entomoscelis melanostoma (Gmelin, 1790) is considered a nomen dubium.

References
  1. "Entomoscelis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Entomoscelis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. Kippenberg, H.; Mikhailov, Yu.E. (2020). "Contribution to the knowledge of Entomoscelis adonidis (Pallas, 1771) and allied species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae)" (PDF). Koleopterologische Rundschau. 90: 257–290.
  4. Gerber, George H. (1994). "Biology of Entomoscelis Chevrolat". In Jolivet, P.H.; Cox, M.L.; Petitpierre, E. (eds.). Novel aspects of the biology of Chrysomelidae. Series Entomologica. Dordrecht: Springer. pp. 549–553. doi:10.1007/978-94-011-1781-4_4.

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