''Chloropterus mateui'' is a species of leaf beetle found in Algeria. It was first described as a species of ''

Atomyria ''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 o ...

'' in 1969 by Brian J. Selman, based on a series of specimens collected from the western

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. One of these specimens was collected from the desert shrub '' Tamarix''. In 2020, A.G. Moseyko transferred the species to the genus ''

Chloropterus ''Chloropterus'' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in Eastern Europe, West to Central Asia and North Africa. The genus was originally established under the name ''Heterocnemis'' by the Russian entomo ...

''. ''C. mateui'' is very similar in appearance to '' C. persicus'', but the eyes are closer together, the setae are much smaller, the dark markings are less clearly defined, the inner pair of markings on the thorax are more obscure, the outer pair very small. The elytra are shiny and very smooth. The species is also very close to ''

Chloropterus pallidus ''Chloropterus pallidus'' is a species of leaf beetle of Algeria, described by the French entomologist Alfred Chobaut Alfred Chobaut (19 October 1860 – 3 February 1926) was a French physician and entomologist. He collected especially beetle ...

'', also described from Algeria, and has similar coloration.

References

Eumolpinae Beetles of North Africa Beetles described in 1969 Endemic fauna of Algeria {{Eumolpinae-stub