Abirus Explained
Abirus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed from the Malay Archipelago to the Indian subcontinent, China, and the Ryukyu Islands.[1] [2] [3] [4] The genus was first established by the Belgian entomologist Félicien Chapuis in 1874, as a split of Dermorhytis.
Species
The following species are placed in the genus:[5]
- Abirus aeneus (Wiedemann, 1821)
- Abirus andamansis Lefèvre, 1891[6]
- Abirus angustatus Lefèvre, 1887
- Abirus apicalis (Baly, 1867)[7]
- Abirus balyi Medvedev, 2019[8]
- Abirus ceylonicus Jacoby, 1908[4]
- Abirus coerulea (Jacoby, 1877)[9]
- Abirus elegans (Baly, 1864)[10]
- Abirus elongatus Jacoby, 1908[4]
- Abirus flavopilosus Jacoby, 1884[11]
- Abirus fortunei (Baly, 1861)[12]
- Abirus globicollis Lefèvre, 1890
- Abirus hageni Lefèvre, 1887
- Abirus igneicollis Jacoby, 1908[4]
- Abirus laticornis Tan, 1982
- Abirus philippinensis (Baly, 1867)[7]
- Abirus piceipes (Baly, 1867)[7]
- Abirus puberulus Lefèvre, 1876
- Abirus rubripes Lefèvre, 1885[13]
- Abirus speciosus Jacoby, 1895
- Abirus subrugosus Jacoby, 1884[14]
- Abirus tuberculipennis Lefèvre, 1885[13]
- Abirus vaksovi Medvedev & Romantsov, 2014[15]
- Abirus violaceus Jacoby, 1884[11]
- Abirus xishuangensis Tan, 1982
Synonyms:
- Abirus denticollis Lefèvre, 1893: synonym of Abirus fortunei (Baly, 1861)
- Abirus granosus Lefèvre, 1893: synonym of Abirus fortunei (Baly, 1861)
- Abirus harmandi Lefèvre, 1876: synonym of Abirus fortunei (Baly, 1861)
- Abirus kiotoensis Pic, 1944: synonym of Abirus fortunei (Baly, 1861)
- Abirus yashiroi Yuasa, 1930:[16] synonym of Abirus fortunei (Baly, 1861)
Notes and References
- Book: Moseyko. A. G.. Sprecher-Uebersax. E.. 2010. Eumolpinae. https://books.google.com/books?id=qt8zDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA620. Löbl. I.. Smetana. A.. Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark. Apollo Books. 619–643. 978-87-88757-84-2.
- Book: Mohamedsaid, M. S.. 2004. Catalogue of the Malaysian Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). 1–239. Sofia. Pensoft Publishers. Pensoft Series Faunistica. 36. 9546422010. 1312-0174.
- Medvedev. L. N.. Takizawa. H.. 2011. Leaf beetles of the subfamily Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from Bali, Indonesia. Serangga. 16. 1. 7–27.
- Book: Jacoby, M.. 1908. Bingham. C. T.. Coleoptera. Chrysomelidae. Vol. 1. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Taylor & Francis. London.
- Clavareau. H.. 1914. Chrysomelidae: 11. Eumolpinae. Junk. W.. Wilhelm Junk. Schenkling. S.. Sigmund Schenkling. Coleopterorum Catalogus. 59. 1–215. Berlin. W. Junk.
- Lefèvre. E.. 1891. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de Clytrides et d'Eumolpides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 35. CCXLVIII–CCLXXIX.
- Baly. J. S.. 1867. Phytophaga Malayana; a revision of the phytophagous beetles of the Malay Archipelago, with descriptions of the new species collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 3. 4. 1–300. 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1866.tb01857.x.
- Medvedev. L.N.. 2019. To the knowledge of Oriental leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Russian Entomological Journal. 28. 3. 282–285. 10.15298/rusentj.28.3.07. free.
- Jacoby. M.. 1877. Descriptions of new species of Phytophagous Coleoptera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1877. 510–520.
- Book: Baly, J. S.. 1864. Descriptions of new genera and species of Phytophaga. J.S. Baly. Stationer's Hall.
- Jacoby. M.. 1884. Descriptions of new genera and species of Phytophagous Coleoptera from Sumatra. Notes from the Leyden Museum. 6. 9–70.
- Baly. J. S.. 1861. Descriptions of new genera and species of Phytophaga. The Journal of Entomology. 1. 275–302.
- Lefèvre. É.. 1885. Eumolpidarum hucusque cognitarum catalogus, sectionum conspectu systematico, generum sicut et specierum nonnullarum novarum descriptionibus adjunctis. Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège. 2. 11. 16. 1–172.
- Jacoby. M.. 1884. Descriptions of new genera and species of phytophagous Coleoptera collected by Dr. B. Hagen at Serdang (East Sumatra). Notes from the Leyden Museum. 6. 201–230.
- L.. Medvedev. P.. Romantsov. 2014. New and poorly known Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) from Borneo. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. A, Neue Serie. 7. 235–251. 2018-07-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20170406192122/http://www.naturkundemuseum-bw.de/sites/default/files/publikationen/serie-a/ans07-12.pdf. 2017-04-06. dead.
- Yuasa. H.. 1930. Two new Species of Eumolpid-beetles noxious to the Mulberry-tree in the Liu-kiu Islands. Proceedings of the Imperial Academy. 6. 7. 293–295. 10.2183/pjab1912.6.293. free.