''Atomyria'' is a genus of
leaf beetles in the subfamily
Eumolpinae. It is distributed in
Central Asia and
Iran.
In 2012, the genus was moved from the tribe
Bromiini to the tribe Nodinini (now known as
Typophorini
Typophorini is a tribe of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. The tribe contains approximately 100 genera, which are found worldwide. Members of the tribe are mainly characterized by notches on the tibiae of the middle and hind legs, whic ...
).
In 2020, the genus was revised by A. G. Moseyko, who described a new species and transferred two species to ''
Chloropterus'', leaving only two valid species remaining within ''Atomyria''.
Members of the genus inhabit
tugai forests.
The known distribution of ''Atomyria'' also corresponds very closely with the distribution of the desert shrub genus ''
Tamarix''.
Species
''Atomyria'' includes only two valid species:
* ''
Atomyria kermanshahica''
Moseyko, 2020 –
Iran (
Kermanshah Province)
* ''
Atomyria sarafschanica''
(Solsky, 1881) –
Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan,
Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan,
Uzbekistan
The following species were formerly included, but have since been transferred to the genus ''
Chloropterus''.
* ''Atomyria mateui''
Selman, 1969 –
Algeria
* ''Atomyria persica''
( Baly, 1878) –
Iran
References
Eumolpinae
Chrysomelidae genera
Beetles of Asia
Taxa named by Georgiy Jacobson
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