Argopistes Explained

Argopistes is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 50 described species in Argopistes. They are found worldwide.

Selected species

• Argopistes coccinea (Montrouzier, 1861)
• Argopistes coccinelliformis Csiki, 1940
• Argopistes coccinelloides Suffrian
• Argopistes coronatus Blake
• Argopistes dichroa (Montrouzier, 1861)
• Argopistes gagates (Montrouzier, 1861)
• Argopistes gourvesi Samuelson, 1979
• Argopistes kraussi Samuelson, 1973
• Argopistes rubicundus Blake
• Argopistes scyrtoides J. L. LeConte, 1878
• Argopistes thomassini (Montrouzier, 1861)
• Argopistes turnbowi
• Argopistes variabilis Medvedev
• Argopistes woodleyi

Further reading

• How many genera and species of Galerucinae s. str. do we know? Updated statistics (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). In: Chaboo CS, Schmitt M (Eds) Research on Chrysomelidae. 2017. Nie . R-E. Bezděk . J.. Yang . X-K. ZooKeys. 720. 91–102. 10.3897/zookeys.720.13517. 5740445. 29290727. free.