Biology:Eumolpus robustus

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Short description: Species of beetle

Eumolpus robustus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Eumolpus
Species:
E. robustus
Binomial name
Eumolpus robustus
(Horn, 1885)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Chrysochus robustus Horn, 1885

Eumolpus robustus is a species of leaf beetle from North America.[3][4][5][6] Its range spans from Central America (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala) north to Mexico and Arizona. The species feeds on plants in the family Apocynaceae.[6][2]

The species was first described as Chrysochus robustus by the American entomologist George Henry Horn in 1885, from specimens collected in Arizona. However, Horn later synonymised it with Eumolpus surinamensis, following Martin Jacoby's description from 1882.[7] Much later, E. robustus was restored as a separate species within Eumolpus, as it was determined to be a very different species from E. surinamensis.[2]

References

  1. Horn, G. H. (1885). "Contributions to the Coleopterology of the United States (No 4)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society 12: 128–162. doi:10.2307/25076454. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Špringlová, B. (1960). "Essai monographique du genre Eumolpus (Coleoptera Phytophaga)". Memoirs of the Royal Institute of Natural Sciences of Belgium. 2 60: 3–79. http://biblio.naturalsciences.be/rbins-publications/memoirs-of-the-royal-institute-of-natural-sciences-of-belgium-second-series/60-1960/vol-60-3800216-text.pdf. 
  3. "Eumolpus robustus Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=720992. 
  4. "Eumolpus robustus species details". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/c959d5f1cafbcc894bfcdc2060f50f61. 
  5. "Eumolpus robustus". https://www.gbif.org/species/7397414. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 "Eumolpus robustus Species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/684760. 
  7. Horn, G. H. (1892). "The Eumolpini of Boreal America". Transactions of the American Entomological Society 19: 195–234. 

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q14933601 entry