''Heteraspis'' (formerly ''Scelodonta'') is a
genus of
leaf beetles in the subfamily
Eumolpinae.
The genus includes over 70 species, mainly from the
Afrotropical
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,
Palearctic
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The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...
and
Oriental
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biogeographic realms.
Only three species are found in
Australia
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.
According to recent literature, the name ''Scelodonta''
Westwood, 1838 is actually a junior synonym of ''Heteraspis''
Chevrolat ''in'' Dejean, 1836. As the conditions for reversal of precedence in the
International Code of Zoological Nomenclature are not met, ''Heteraspis'' should be used as the valid name for the genus.
Species
Select species include:
* ''
Heteraspis aeneola''
( Lefèvre, 1885)
* ''
Heteraspis albidovittata
''Heteraspis albidovittata'' is a species of leaf beetle from Namibia, Tanzania, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, described by Joseph Sugar Baly in 1877.
Subspecies
There are two subspecies of ''H. albidovittata'':
* ...
''
( Baly, 1877)
** ''
Heteraspis albidovittata albidovittata''
( Baly, 1877)
** ''
Heteraspis albidovittata ruandensis''
(Burgeon, 1941)
* ''
Heteraspis albomaculata''
( Pic, 1939)
* ''
Heteraspis albopectoralis''
( Pic, 1943)
* ''
Heteraspis alternata''
( Jacoby, 1908)
* ''
Heteraspis areolata
''Heteraspis'' (formerly ''Scelodonta'') is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. The genus includes over 70 species, mainly from the Afrotropical, Palearctic and Oriental biogeographic realms. Only three species are found in A ...
''
( Lefèvre, 1891)
* ''
Heteraspis aurosignata
''Heteraspis'' (formerly ''Scelodonta'') is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. The genus includes over 70 species, mainly from the Afrotropical, Palearctic and Oriental biogeographic realms. Only three species are found in A ...
''
( Lefèvre, 1883)
* ''
Heteraspis bella
''Heteraspis'' (formerly ''Scelodonta'') is a genus (biology), genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. The genus includes over 70 species, mainly from the Afrotropical realm, Afrotropical, Palearctic realm, Palearctic and Oriental real ...
''
( Pic, 1937)
* ''
Heteraspis bidentata''
( Baly, 1877)
* ''
Heteraspis brevipilis''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Heteraspis carinata''
(Bryant, 1956)
* ''
Heteraspis celebensis''
( Jacoby, 1894)
* ''
Heteraspis chapuisi''
( Lefèvre, 1884)
* ''
Heteraspis congoana''
( Weise, 1915)
* ''
Heteraspis corrugata''
( Lefèvre, 1885)
* ''
Heteraspis costata''
( Jacoby, 1894)
* ''
Heteraspis costatipennis''
( Pic, 1956)
* ''
Heteraspis cuprea''
(Bryant, 1935)
* ''
Heteraspis curculionoides''
( Westwood, 1838)
* ''
Heteraspis cyanea''
( Lefèvre, 1877)
* ''
Heteraspis dillwyni''
(Stephens
Stephens is a surname. It is a patronymic and is recorded in England from 1086.
Notable people with the surname include:
*Alexander H. Stephens (1812–1883), Vice President of the Confederate States of America
*Alison Stephens (1970–2010), Brit ...
, 1831)
* ''
Heteraspis dispar''
( Lefèvre, 1885)
* ''
Heteraspis diversecostata''
( Pic, 1941)
* ''
Heteraspis gowdeyi''
(Bryant, 1935)
* ''
Heteraspis granulosa''
( Baly, 1867)
* ''
Heteraspis humeralis''
( Pic, 1956)
* ''
Heteraspis immaculata''
( Jacoby, 1908)
* ''
Heteraspis impressipennis''
( Lefèvre, 1877)
* ''
Heteraspis inaequalis''
( Fairmaire, 1887)
* ''
Heteraspis iriana''
(Medvedev, 2009)
* ''
Heteraspis kibonotensis''
( Weise, 1910)
* ''
Heteraspis laeviuscula''
( Heller, 1898)
* ''
Heteraspis lefevrei''
( Jacoby, 1904)
* ''
Heteraspis lewisii''
( Baly, 1874)
* ''
Heteraspis lineaticollis''
( Pic, 1950)
* ''
Heteraspis longicollis''
( Jacoby, 1908)
* ''
Heteraspis maculicollis''
(Burgeon, 1941)
* ''
Heteraspis maculosa''
( Lefèvre, 1891)
* ''
Heteraspis madoni''
( Pic, 1949)
* ''
Heteraspis monardi''
( Pic, 1939)
* ''
Heteraspis murrayi''
( Baly, 1865)
* ''
Heteraspis natalensis''
( Baly, 1878)
* ''
Heteraspis nilgiriensis''
( Jacoby, 1908)
* ''
Heteraspis palmerstoni''
( Blackburn, 1889)
* ''
Heteraspis parcepilosa''
(Burgeon, 1941)
* ''
Heteraspis pectoralis''
( Jacoby, 1898)
* ''
Heteraspis pulchella''
( Baly, 1864)
* ''
Heteraspis pulchra''
( Schaufuss, 1885)
* ''
Heteraspis purpurea''
(Papp, 1951)
* ''
Heteraspis purpureomaculata''
( Baly, 1864)
* ''
Heteraspis quadrifossulata''
(Burgeon, 1941)
* ''
Heteraspis raffrayi''
( Lefèvre, 1877)
* ''
Heteraspis rugipennis''
( Jacoby, 1904)
* ''
Heteraspis sansibarica''
( Gerstaecker, 1871)
* ''
Heteraspis sauteri''
(Chûjô, 1938)
* ''
Heteraspis sexplagiata''
( Jacoby, 1900)
* ''
Heteraspis simoni''
( Baly, 1878)
* ''
Heteraspis spinipes''
( Pic, 1937)
* ''
Heteraspis strigata''
( Lefèvre, 1877)
* ''
Heteraspis subcostata''
( Jacoby, 1908)
* ''
Heteraspis subglabra''
(Gridelli, 1939)
* ''
Heteraspis superba''
( Pic, 1937)
* ''
Heteraspis theresae''
( Pic, 1956)
* ''
Heteraspis trinotata''
( Pic, 1939)
* ''
Heteraspis turneri''
(Bryant, 1952)
* ''
Heteraspis vicina''
( Harold, 1877)
* ''
Heteraspis vietnamica''
(Eroshkina, 1988)
* ''
Heteraspis viridimaculata''
( Jacoby, 1877)
* ''
Heteraspis viridula''
( Lefèvre, 1875)
* ''
Heteraspis vitis''
(Bryant, 1931)
* ''
Heteraspis vitivora''
(Bryant, 1935)
* ''
Heteraspis vitticollis''
( Weise, 1906)
* ''
Heteraspis vittata''
( Olivier, 1808)
* ''
Heteraspis wittei''
(Burgeon, 1942)
Synonyms:
* ''Scelodonta aenea''
( Motschulsky, 1866): synonym of ''
Pagria restituens''
( Walker, 1859)
* ''Scelodonta egregia''
Lefèvre, 1877: synonym of ''
Heteraspis bidentata''
( Baly, 1877)
* ''Scelodonta indica''
Duvivier, 1891: synonym of ''
Heteraspis dillwyni''
(Stephens
Stephens is a surname. It is a patronymic and is recorded in England from 1086.
Notable people with the surname include:
*Alexander H. Stephens (1812–1883), Vice President of the Confederate States of America
*Alison Stephens (1970–2010), Brit ...
, 1831)
* ''Scelodonta orientalis''
Lefèvre, 1877: synonym of ''
Heteraspis lewisii''
( Baly, 1874)
* ''Scelodonta strigicollis''
( Motschulsky, 1866): synonym of ''
Heteraspis dillwyni''
(Stephens
Stephens is a surname. It is a patronymic and is recorded in England from 1086.
Notable people with the surname include:
*Alexander H. Stephens (1812–1883), Vice President of the Confederate States of America
*Alison Stephens (1970–2010), Brit ...
, 1831)
References
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Eumolpinae
Chrysomelidae genera
Beetles of Asia
Beetles of Africa
Beetles of Australia
Taxa named by Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat