Biology:Pachnephoptrus
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Short description: Genus of leaf beetles from Asia and Europe
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Eumolpinae |
| Tribe: | Bromiini |
| Genus: | Pachnephoptrus Reitter, 1892 |
| Type species | |
| Pachnephoptrus weisei Reitter, 1892
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Pachnephoptrus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae.[3] The genus includes four species; one of them, P. weisei, is distributed from the Transcaucasus to Central Asia, while the other three are found in the Himalayas.[4]
Species
- Pachnephoptrus cashmirensis (Jacoby, 1900) – Kashmir
- Pachnephoptrus indicus (Jacoby, 1895)[2] – India (Himachal Pradesh), Nepal
- Pachnephoptrus squamosus (Bryant, 1923)[5][6] – India (Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal)
- Pachnephoptrus weisei Reitter, 1892 – Azerbaijan, Armenia, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Host plants
P. weisei has been reported on plants of the genus Astragalus (Fabaceae), while P. squamosus has been reported attacking young leaves of pear trees in an orchard in Shimla, India.[5][7]
References
- ↑ Moseyko, A. G.; Sprecher-Uebersax, E. (2010). "New nomenclatural and taxonomic acts, and comments. Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae". Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. pp. 80–83. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=qt8zDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA80.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jacoby, M. (1895). "Descriptions of the new species of Phytophagous Coleoptera obtained by Mr Andrewes in India". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 39: 252–288. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12724685.
- ↑ Moseyko, A. G.; Sprecher-Uebersax, E. (2010). "Eumolpinae". Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. pp. 619–643. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=qt8zDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA620.
- ↑ Medvedev, L. N.; Sprecher-Uebersax, E. (1999). "Taxonomical study of Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) from Nepal". Entomologica Basiliensia 21: 355–370. doi:10.5169/seals-980426.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Bryant, G. E. (1922). "New Injurious Phytophaga from India and Brazil". Bulletin of Entomological Research 13 (3): 261–265. 31 January 1923. doi:10.1017/S0007485300045338. https://zenodo.org/record/2421295.
- ↑ Papp, C.S. (1951). "Some new Phytophaga from South-America and India (42d Contribution to the knowledge of the Chrysomelidae)". Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 93: 131–133. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28257334.
- ↑ Pierre, Jolivet (1987). "Sélection trophique chez les Megascelinae et les Eumolpinae (Cyclica) (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae). Suite et fin." (in French). Bulletin mensuel de la Société linnéenne de Lyon 56 (7): 217–240. doi:10.3406/linly.1987.10805.
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