''Abirus'' is a genus of
leaf beetle
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s in the subfamily
Eumolpinae
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. It is distributed from the
Malay Archipelago
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to the
Indian subcontinent
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,
China
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, and the
Ryukyu Islands
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.
The genus was first established by the Belgian entomologist
Félicien Chapuis
Félicien Chapuis (29 April 1824 – 30 September 1879) was a Belgium, Belgian Physician, doctor and entomologist. He specialised in Coleoptera and finished the text of ''Genera des coléoptères'' by Jean Théodore Lacordaire, Théodore Lacordai ...
in 1874, as a split of ''
Dermorhytis''.
Species
The following species are placed in the genus:
* ''
Abirus aeneus''
( Wiedemann, 1821)
* ''
Abirus andamansis''
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, 1891
* ''
Abirus angustatus''
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, 1887
* ''
Abirus apicalis''
( Baly, 1867)
* ''
Abirus balyi''
Medvedev, 2019
* ''
Abirus ceylonicus''
Jacoby, 1908
* ''
Abirus coerulea''
( Jacoby, 1877)
* ''
Abirus elegans''
( Baly, 1864)
* ''
Abirus elongatus''
Jacoby, 1908
* ''
Abirus flavopilosus''
Jacoby, 1884
* ''
Abirus fortunei''
( Baly, 1861)
* ''
Abirus globicollis''
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, 1890
* ''
Abirus hageni''
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, 1887
* ''
Abirus igneicollis''
Jacoby, 1908
* ''
Abirus laticornis''
Tan, 1982
* ''
Abirus philippinensis''
( Baly, 1867)
* ''
Abirus piceipes''
( Baly, 1867)
* ''
Abirus puberulus''
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, 1876
* ''
Abirus rubripes''
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, 1885
* ''
Abirus speciosus''
Jacoby, 1895
* ''
Abirus subrugosus''
Jacoby, 1884
* ''
Abirus tuberculipennis''
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, 1885
* ''
Abirus vaksovi''
Medvedev & Romantsov, 2014
* ''
Abirus violaceus''
Jacoby, 1884
* ''
Abirus xishuangensis''
Tan, 1982
Synonyms:
* ''Abirus denticollis''
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, 1893: synonym of ''
Abirus fortunei''
( Baly, 1861)
* ''Abirus granosus''
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, 1893: synonym of ''
Abirus fortunei''
( Baly, 1861)
* ''Abirus harmandi''
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, 1876: synonym of ''
Abirus fortunei''
( Baly, 1861)
* ''Abirus kiotoensis''
Pic
PIC or pic may refer to:
Places
* Penbay International Circuit, or PIC, a motor track circuit in Pingtung County, Taiwan
* Pic River, in Ontario, Canada
* Picayune (Amtrak station) (Amtrak station code PIC), Mississippi, United States
* Pic, a ...
, 1944: synonym of ''
Abirus fortunei''
( Baly, 1861)
* ''Abirus yashiroi''
Yuasa, 1930:
synonym of ''
Abirus fortunei''
( Baly, 1861)
References
Eumolpinae
Chrysomelidae genera
Taxa named by Félicien Chapuis
Beetles of Asia
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