Biology:Promechus

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Short description: Genus of leaf beetles

Promechus
Chrysomelidae - Aesernia splendens.JPG
Promechus splendens from Papua New Guinea
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Chrysomelinae
Genus: Promechus
Boisduval, 1835
Synonyms[1]

Aesernia Stål, 1860

Promechus is a genus of beetles belonging to the Chrysomelidae family.

List of species

The genus includes the following species:[1][2]

  • Promechus abidi Gressitt & Hart, 1974
  • Promechus arcuatus (Clavareau, 1912)
  • Promechus australicus (Jacoby, 1887)
  • Promechus bimaculatus (Weise, 1918)
  • Promechus buprestoides Gressitt & Hart, 1974
  • Promechus corallipes (Gestro, 1875)
  • Promechus costatus (Jacoby, 1906)
  • Promechus eburneocinctus Gressitt & Hart, 1974
  • Promechus formosus (Gestro, 1876)
  • Promechus gestroi (Jacoby, 1906)
  • Promechus giganteus Gressitt & Hart, 1974
  • Promechus helleri (Clavareau, 1906)
  • Promechus inflatus Gressitt & Hart, 1974
  • Promechus lacustris Gressitt & Hart, 1974
  • Promechus latefasciatus (Jacoby, 1887)
  • Promechus magnificus (Baly, 1863)
  • Promechus meeki (Jacoby, 1906)
  • Promechus metallicus Gressitt & Hart, 1974
  • Promechus montanus (Heller, 1910)
  • Promechus moszkowskii (Kuntzen, 1913)
  • Promechus orientalis Gressitt & Hart, 1974
  • Promechus paniae Gressitt & Hart, 1974
  • Promechus parentheticus Gressitt & Hart, 1974
  • Promechus parvus Gressitt & Hart, 1974
  • Promechus pittospori Gressitt & Hart, 1974
  • Promechus prosopon Gressitt & Hart, 1974
  • Promechus pulchellus (Gestro, 1876)
  • Promechus pulcher Gressitt & Hart, 1974
  • Promechus regalis (Baly, 1863)
  • Promechus schefflerae Gressitt & Hart, 1974
  • Promechus sculpturatus (Heller, 1910)
  • Promechus sedlacekorum Gressitt & Hart, 1974
  • Promechus shanahani Gressitt & Hart, 1974
  • Promechus splendens (Guérin-Méneville, 1833)
  • Promechus straatmani Gressitt & Hart, 1974
  • Promechus stygicus Gressitt & Hart, 1974
  • Promechus subapicalis Gressitt & Hart, 1974
  • Promechus sulcatus Gressitt & Hart, 1974
  • Promechus sumptuosus (Gestro, 1876)
  • Promechus telefominus Gressitt & Hart, 1974
  • Promechus toxopei Gressitt & Hart, 1974
  • Promechus tripartitus (Lea, 1915)
  • Promechus variicollis Gressitt & Hart, 1974
  • Promechus whitei (Baly, 1861)


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Reid, C.A.M. (2006). "A taxonomic revision of the Australian Chrysomelinae, with a key to the genera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Zootaxa 1292: 1–119. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1292.1.1.  (Erratum: doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1306.1.6)
  2. Gressitt, J.L.; Hart, A.D. (1974). "Chrysomelid beetles from the Papuan subregion, 8 (Chrysomelinae, 1)". Pacific Insects 16 (2–3): 261–306. http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pi/pdf/16(2)-261.pdf. 

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