''Eupetale'' 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 contains two species known from
South America
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.
The original name used for this genus was ''Lycaste'' Gistel, 1848, which was later found to be an unnecessary new replacement name for ''
Chalcophana''. Additionally, ''Lycaste'' Gistel, 1848 is a junior homonym of ''Lycaste'' Gistel, 1834 in Buprestidae (a synonym of ''
Polycesta''), and ''Lycaste'' Agassiz, 1846 in Crustacea (an emendation of ''Lycesta'' Savigny, 1816, which is a synonym of ''
Leucothoe'').
In 2021, Flowers proposed a new name for the genus, ''Eupetale'', for the two species formerly placed in ''Lycaste'' Gistel, 1848.
Under the name ''Lycaste'', ''
Callicolaspis'' was formerly considered a synonym of the genus, but in 2003 ''Callicolaspis'' was restored as a separate genus.
Species
The genus contains only two species:
* ''
Eupetale eumolpoides''
(Lefèvre Lefebvre (; commonly in English-speaking countries, as well as or ) is a common northern French surname. Alternative forms include ''Lefebvre'', ''le Febvre'', ''Le Febvre'', ''Lefèbvre'', ''le Fèbvre'', ''Le Fèbvre'', as well as the common var ...
, 1877)
* ''
Eupetale trichoa''
(Gistel
Gistel () is a municipality and city located in the Belgian province of West Flanders.
Following local government boundary reforms in 1971 and 1977, the municipality has comprised not only Gistel, but also the towns of Moere, Snaaskerke and Z ...
, 1848) (Synonym: ''Prionodera metallica''
Jacoby, 1884)
References
Eumolpinae
Chrysomelidae genera
Beetles of South America
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