''Chloropterus'' is a genus of

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s in the subfamily

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. It is distributed in

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to Central

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and

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. The genus was originally established under the name ''Heterocnemis'' by the Russian entomologist

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in 1860 for a single species, '' Heterocnemis versicolor''. However, the name ''Heterocnemis'' had already been used for a genus of

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s (Cetoniinae), so Morawitz renamed his genus to ''Chloropterus'' the following year.

Species

* '' Chloropterus bimaculatus'' ( Raffray, 1873) * '' Chloropterus fiorii'' Ruffo, 1965 * '' Chloropterus grandis''

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, 1889 * '' Chloropterus inornatus'' ( Chen, 1935) * '' Chloropterus lefevrei''

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, 1890 ** '' Chloropterus lefevrei arabicus'' Lopatin, 2008 ** '' Chloropterus lefevrei lefevrei''

, 1890 * '' Chloropterus mateui'' (Selman, 1969) * '' Chloropterus moldaviensis''

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, 1909 * '' Chloropterus ornatus'' Lopatin, 1984 * '' Chloropterus pallidus'' Chobaut, 1898 * '' Chloropterus persicus'' ( Baly, 1878) * '' Chloropterus politus'' Berti & Rapilly, 1973 * '' Chloropterus stigmaticollis'' Fairmaire, 1875 * '' Chloropterus unguiculatus'' Lopatin, 1977 * '' Chloropterus versicolor'' ( Morawitz, 1860)

References

Eumolpinae Chrysomelidae genera Beetles of North Africa Beetles of Asia Beetles of Europe {{Eumolpinae-stub