Pseudometaxis

Pseudometaxis is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in Southeast Asia and Southern China.[1][2][3]

Pseudometaxis
Scientific classification Edit this 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)

Species

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
  1. 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.
  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.
  3. 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.
  4. Pic, M. (1927). "Nouveaux coléoptères du Globe II". Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 52: 106–110.
  5. 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.


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