''Syagrus'' is a genus of

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s in the subfamily

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. They are known from the mainland of

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. They are often attracted by plants in the family

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; '' Syagrus rugifrons'' and '' Syagrus calcaratus'' are pests of

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. The larvae of ''Syagrus calcaratus'' attack the roots of the plant and cause it to wilt. Many species described from

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were included in ''Syagrus'' by

Jan Bechyně Jan Karel Bechyně (19 September 1920 – 9 March 1973) was a Czech entomologist and a leading authority on leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae). He was the son of photographer and nephew of architect . Career Bechyně studied at the University of P ...

in the 1940s to 1960s. These species have been transferred to the related genus '' Pheloticus'', restricting ''Syagrus'' to the mainland of Africa. Many additional species of ''Syagrus'' described from mainland Africa have been transferred to other African Eumolpinae genera such as '' Afroeurydemus'', '' Microsyagrus'' and '' Proliniscus''.

Species

Species of ''Syagrus'' include the following: * ''

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, 1905 – "

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" * '' Syagrus calcaratus'' (

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, 1775) – widely distributed across sub-Saharan Africa * '' Syagrus concoloricornis''

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, 1940 – South Africa:

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* ''

Syagrus fuscoaeneus Syagrus may refer to: *Syagrus (legendary poet) Syagrus () is a legendary ancient Greek oral poet. He is said in a traditional list to have been a rival of Homer; elsewhere it is said that he followed Orpheus and Musaeus in chronological sequence ...

'' Fairmaire, 1894 – "Senegal" * ''

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, 1936 – Angola: "Osi" * ''

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'' ( Jacoby, 1904) – Angola, Zambia, Mozambique * ''

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'' Harold, 1877 – central, eastern and southern Africa * ''

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'' Jacoby, 1900 – Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa * '' Syagrus ortobiensis'' Selman, 1963 – Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia * '' Syagrus perpuncticollis'' (Burgeon, 1940) – DR Congo * '' Syagrus puncticollis'' ( Harold, 1877) – Guinea, Sierra Leone, Sudan, DR Congo, Malawi, Mozambique * '' Syagrus rufipennis''

, 1940 – Tanzania: "Windi" * '' Syagrus rufobrunneus''

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, 1890 – Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa * '' Syagrus rugiceps''

, 1890 – Somalia, Mozambique, South Africa * '' Syagrus rugifrons'' Baly, 1878 – Tanzania, South Africa * '' Syagrus sehranus'' Aslam, 1968 – Algeria:

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* '' Syagrus silfverbergi'' Selman, 1973 – South Sudan:

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: Torit-Kapoeta * '' Syagrus strigaticeps'' (

, 1891) – "Afrique occidentale" * '' Syagrus tristis'' Jacoby, 1904 – Sudan, Congo, Mozambique, South Africa

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q27431356 Eumolpinae Chrysomelidae genera Beetles of Africa Taxa named by Félicien Chapuis