Thasycles

Thasycles is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae.[2] It is endemic to New Caledonia. For a long time it was treated as a synonym of Dematochroma, until it was reinstated as a valid genus in 2022.[3]

Thasycles
Thasycles panieensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Eumolpini
Genus: Thasycles
Chapuis, 1874[1]
Type species
Thasycles cordiformis
Chapuis, 1874

Species

Eleven species are included in the genus:[3]

  • Thasycles castaneus Gómez-Zurita, 2022
  • Thasycles compactus Gómez-Zurita, 2022
  • Thasycles cordiformis Chapuis, 1874
  • Thasycles fuscus (Jolivet, Verma & Mille, 2007)
  • Thasycles grandis Gómez-Zurita, 2022
  • Thasycles laboulbenei (Montrouzier, 1861)
  • Thasycles magnus Gómez-Zurita, 2022
  • Thasycles panieensis (Jolivet, Verma & Mille, 2007)[4]
  • Thasycles puncticollis Gómez-Zurita, 2022
  • Thasycles tenuis Gómez-Zurita, 2022
  • Thasycles variegatus Gómez-Zurita, 2022

References
  1. Chapuis, F. (1874). "Tome dixième. Famille des phytophages". In Lacordaire, J.T.; Chapuis, F. (eds.). Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Genera des coléoptères. Vol. 10. Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. pp. i–iv, 1–455.
  2. Platania, L.; Gómez-Zurita, J. (2023). "Current knowledge on the diversity of Eumolpinae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) in New Caledonia". ZooKeys (1177, Research on Chrysomelidae 9): 41–55. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1177.101293.
  3. Gómez-Zurita, J.; Pàmies-Harder, M. (2022). "Phylogenetic restitution and taxonomic revision of the New Caledonian endemic genus Thasycles Chapuis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae)". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 297: 16–41. doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2022.01.003.
  4. Jolivet, P.; Verma, K.K.; Mille, C. (2007). "New Genera and Species of Eumolpinae from New Caledonia (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Revue Française d'Entomologie. Nouvelle Série. 29 (2–3): 77–92.


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