Argopistoides
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Chrysomelidae
Name
Argopistoides Jacoby, 1892b – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
References
Jacoby 1892b[2]: 932; Weise 1902a[3]: 163; Scherer 1987[4]: 67 (as Torodera); Biondi 1994[5] (as Torodera): 437; Medvedev 2009[1]: 40; Biondi and D’Alessandro 2010a[6]: 404 (as Torodera).
Type species
Argopistoides septempunctata Jacoby, 1892b: 932 [Burma (=Myanmar): Carin Chebà], designation by monotypy; Torodera: Torodera octomaculata Weise, 1902a: 164 (Kwai), by subsequent designation by Scherer (1987:67).
Distribution
Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Kenya, Rwanda (!) [Nyungwe National Park, Kamiranzovu (BAQ)], Republic of South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal), Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe, and Oriental region (Fig. 290).
Ecology
Genus reported from Poaceae (also known as Gramineae) (Oryza) in Kenya [cf. Jolivet and Hawkeswood 1995[7] (as Torodera)].
Notes
The Afrotropical region has four described species.
Taxon Treatment
- Biondi, M; D’Alessandro, P; 2012: Afrotropical flea beetle genera: a key to their identification, updated catalogue and biogeographical analysis (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini) ZooKeys, 253: 1-158. doi
Other References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Medvedev L (2009) Alticinae of Indochina. KMK Scientific Press, Moscow, 224 pp.
- ↑ Jacoby M (1892b) Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. LI. Description of the new genera and species of the phytophagous Coleoptera. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova (serie 2a) 12: 869−999.
- ↑ Weise J (1902a) Afrikanische Chrysomeliden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 68: 119−174.
- ↑ Scherer G (1987) The Genus Torodera Weise (Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae - Alticinae). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum Georg Frey 35−36: 67−71.
- ↑ Biondi M (1994) Contributo alla conoscenza dei Chrysomelidae Alticinae (Coleoptera) della Sierra Leone. 1a. Nota. Quaderni dell’Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei 267: 423−438.
- ↑ Biondi M, D’Alessandro P (2010a) Genus-group names of Afrotropical flea beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae): Annotated catalogue and biogeographical notes. Eur. J. Entomol. 107: 401-424.
- ↑ Jolivet P, Hawkeswood T (1995) Host-plants of Chrysomelidae of the World. An essay about the relationships between the leaf-beetles and their food-plants. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, 281 pp.
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