''Dorymolpus'' is a genus of
leaf beetles in the subfamily
Spilopyrinae
The Spilopyrinae are a small subfamily of the leaf beetles, or Chrysomelidae. They occur in Australia, New Guinea, New Caledonia and Chile. They were formerly considered a tribe of the subfamily Eumolpinae. The group was elevated to subfamily ran ...
. It contains only one species, ''Dorymolpus elizabethae''. It is found only in
Chile, in the
Valdivian temperate rain forest of the
Valdivia and
Chiloé provinces.
The generic name comes from the
Greek ''dory'' ("spear") and ''molpus'', a contraction of "Eumolpinae". The species is dedicated to Dr. Elizabeth Arias, an entomologist at the
University of California, Berkeley who collected specimens of the species.
Both adults and larvae have been found on trees in the genus ''
Nothofagus''.
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Monotypic Chrysomelidae genera
Beetles of South America
Arthropods of Chile
Endemic fauna of Chile
Fauna of the Valdivian temperate forests
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