''Thasycles'' is a genus of
leaf beetle
The beetle family Chrysomelidae, commonly known as leaf beetles, includes over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making it one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle families. Numerous s ...
s in the subfamily
Eumolpinae
The Eumolpinae are a subfamily of the leaf beetles, or Chrysomelidae. It is one of the largest subfamilies of leaf beetles, including more than 500 genera and 7000 species. They are oval, and convex in form, and measure up to 10 mm in size. ...
. It is endemic to
New Caledonia
New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest of Vanuatu and east of Australia. Located from Metropolitan France, it forms a Overseas France#Sui generis collectivity, ''sui generis'' collectivity of t ...
. For a long time it was treated as a synonym of ''
Dematochroma
''Dematochroma'' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is mostly distributed in New Caledonia, though it is also found on Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, Timor and Vanuatu. Adult beetles (usually less than 1 cm long) a ...
'', until it was reinstated as a valid genus in 2022.
Species
Eleven species are included in the genus:
* ''
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
''Thasycles'' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. 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.
Species
Eleven species are i ...
''
(Jolivet, Verma & Mille, 2007)
* ''
Thasycles puncticollis''
Gómez-Zurita, 2022
* ''
Thasycles tenuis''
Gómez-Zurita, 2022
* ''
Thasycles variegatus''
Gómez-Zurita, 2022
References
Eumolpinae
Chrysomelidae genera
Beetles of Oceania
Insects of New Caledonia
Taxa named by Félicien Chapuis
Endemic fauna of New Caledonia
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