Biology:Aphilenia

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Short description: Genus of leaf beetles from Asia

Aphilenia
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Typophorini
Genus: Aphilenia
Weise in Reitter, 1889
Type species
Aphilenia interrupta
Weise in Reitter, 1889

Aphilenia is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in Central and East Asia[1] as well as southern Russia. Members of the genus are adapted to dry climates, and feed on bushes of the genus Calligonum. In 2012, the genus was moved from the tribe Bromiini to the tribe Nodinini (now known as Typophorini).[2]

Species

  • Subgenus Aphilenia Weise in Reitter, 1889 (type species: Aphilenia interrupta Weise in Reitter, 1889)
    • Aphilenia astakhovi Moseyko, 2012[2] – Russia: Astrakhan Oblast
    • Aphilenia gobica Lopatin, 1970 (formerly a subspecies of A. interrupta)[3] – Mongolia, China: Inner Mongolia
    • Aphilenia interrupta Weise in Reitter, 1889 – Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Turkey[4]
    • Aphilenia ornata Reitter, 1889 – Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan
    • Aphilenia parvula Weise in Hauser, 1894[5] – Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  • Subgenus Pseudaphilenia Lopatin, 1976 (type species: Aphilenia hauseri Weise in Hauser, 1894)
    • Aphilenia lopatini Moseyko, 2013[3] – Kazakhstan
    • Aphilenia mujunkumica Moseyko, 2013[3] – Kazakhstan
    • Aphilenia unicolor Reitter, 1889 (formerly a variation of A. interrupta; synonym: A. hauseri Weise in Hauser, 1894[5])[2] – Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

References

  1. 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. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Moseyko, A. G. (2012). "Comments on the genus Aphilenia Weise in Reitter, 1889 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae), with a description of a new species from Russia". Entomological Review 92 (7): 773–781. doi:10.1134/S0013873812070044. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Moseyko, A. G. (2013). "New data on the leaf beetle genus Aphilenia Weise in Reitter, 1889, with descriptions of two new species from Kazakhstan (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae)". Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 9 (1): 108–111. doi:10.23885/1814-3326-2013-9-1-108-111. http://www.ssc-ras.ru/files/files/18_%20Moseyko.pdf. 
  4. Romantsov, P.V.; Moseyko, A.G. (2020). "A new subgenus and species of Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from Azerbaijan, with faunistic notes on adjacent countries". Zootaxa 4853 (1): 139–145. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4853.1.10. PMID 33056391. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Hauser, F. (1894). "Beitrag zur Coleopteren-Fauna von Transcaspien und Turkestan". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1894 (1): 17–74. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33124938. 

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