Brachypnoea Explained

Brachypnoea is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is mostly found in the Neotropical realm, though there are also eight known species in the Nearctic realm.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

The genus was originally named Noda, named by Chevrolat in Dejean's Catalogue in 1836. However, this was preoccupied by Noda Schellenberg, 1803, a genus in Diptera. Two replacement names were made for Noda: Brachypnoea, by Gistel in 1848, and Nodonota by Édouard Lefèvre in 1885. Since Brachypnoea was published first, it has priority over Nodonota.

Species

These species belong to the genus Brachypnoea:^{[5] [6] [7]}

• Brachypnoea acuminata (Lefèvre, 1885)
• Brachypnoea acutangula (Jacoby, 1890)
• Brachypnoea angulicollis (Lefèvre, 1876)
• Brachypnoea arbustorum Bechyné & Bechyné, 1961^[8]
• Brachypnoea argentinensis (Jacoby, 1904)
• Brachypnoea atra (Harold, 1875)
  • Brachypnoea atra adequata (Bechyné, 1955)^[9]
  • Brachypnoea atra atra (Harold, 1875)
  • Brachypnoea atra dislocata (Bechyné, 1953)^[5]
  • Brachypnoea atra mosqueya Bechyné, 1997^[10]
• Brachypnoea aurulenta (Lefèvre, 1876)
• Brachypnoea balyi (Jacoby, 1878)
• Brachypnoea bebedera (Bechyné, 1955)^[9]
• Brachypnoea bella (Jacoby, 1890)
• Brachypnoea bicallosa (Jacoby, 1881)
• Brachypnoea boggianii (Jacoby, 1899)
  • Brachypnoea boggianii boggianii (Jacoby, 1899)
  • Brachypnoea boggianii laplatensis (Bechyné, 1954)^[11]
• Brachypnoea bogotana (Harold, 1874)
• Brachypnoea boliviana (Jacoby, 1899)
• Brachypnoea bowdichi (Bechyné, 1949)
• Brachypnoea callosa (Lefèvre, 1878)^[12]
• Brachypnoea carpintera (Bechyné, 1955)^[9]
• Brachypnoea chalcea (Lefèvre, 1878)^[12]
• Brachypnoea chontalensis (Jacoby, 1890)
• Brachypnoea clypealis (Horn, 1892)^[13]
• Brachypnoea colaspisformis (Bechyné, 1949)
• Brachypnoea colonensis (Bechyné, 1955)^[9]
• Brachypnoea columbina (Lefèvre, 1878)^[12]
• Brachypnoea congregata (Jacoby, 1890)
• Brachypnoea consonaria (Bechyné, 1951)
• Brachypnoea convexa (Say, 1824)
• Brachypnoea coroicensis (Bechyné, 1951)
• Brachypnoea costipennis (Lefèvre, 1875)
• Brachypnoea cretifera (Lefèvre, 1875)
• Brachypnoea cribellata (Jacoby, 1881)
• Brachypnoea cyanella (Jacoby, 1890)
• Brachypnoea cyanescens (Weise, 1921)
• Brachypnoea denticollis (Jacoby, 1899)
• Brachypnoea dispersa (Jacoby, 1881)
• Brachypnoea distincta (Jacoby, 1881)^[14]
• Brachypnoea doryphthalma (Bechyné, 1954)^[11]
  • Brachypnoea doryphthalma doryphthalma (Bechyné, 1954)
  • Brachypnoea doryphthalma quimensis Bechyné, 1958^[15]
• Brachypnoea edura (Weise, 1921)
• Brachypnoea elongata (Jacoby, 1890)
• Brachypnoea eulina Bechyné & Bechyné, 1961^[8]
• Brachypnoea exilis (Erichson, 1848)
  • Brachypnoea exilis debilis Bechyné, 1997^[10]
  • Brachypnoea exilis exilis (Erichson, 1848)
  • Brachypnoea exilis grita (Bechyné, 1955)^[9]
  • Brachypnoea exilis propinqua (Lefèvre, 1875)^[10]
  • Brachypnoea exilis tuberculata (Lefèvre, 1875)
• Brachypnoea fallaciosa (Weise, 1921)
• Brachypnoea fastidita (Jacoby, 1899)
• Brachypnoea filicornis (Weise, 1921)
• Brachypnoea floricola (Bechyné, 1949)
• Brachypnoea freyi (Bechyné, 1951)
• Brachypnoea grenadensis (Jacoby, 1897)
• Brachypnoea hondurensis (Jacoby, 1890)
• Brachypnoea humeralis (Latreille, 1833)^[10]
• Brachypnoea humlis (Erichson, 1848)
• Brachypnoea igneicollis (Jacoby, 1881)
• Brachypnoea imitans (Jacoby, 1890)
• Brachypnoea insignis (Lefèvre, 1885)
• Brachypnoea interrupta (Weise, 1921)
• Brachypnoea irazuensis (Jacoby, 1881)
• Brachypnoea junonis (Bechyné, 1952)^[16]
• Brachypnoea laeta (Lefèvre, 1878)^[12]
• Brachypnoea landolti (Lefèvre, 1878)^[12]
• Brachypnoea lateralis (Jacoby, 1881)
  • Brachypnoea lateralis jaliscensis (Bechyné, 1953)^[5]
  • Brachypnoea lateralis lateralis (Jacoby, 1881)
• Brachypnoea lecontei E. Riley, S. Clark & Seeno, 2003
• Brachypnoea lefevrei (Jacoby, 1878)
  • Brachypnoea lefevrei boucardi (Jacoby, 1878)^[9]
  • Brachypnoea lefevrei lefevrei (Jacoby, 1878)
• Brachypnoea longicornis (Bechyné, 1953)^[5]
• Brachypnoea lugens (Weise, 1921)
• Brachypnoea luteipes (Lefèvre, 1878)^[12]
• Brachypnoea margaretae (Schultz, 1980)^[17]
• Brachypnoea medellina (Lefèvre, 1878)^[12]
• Brachypnoea meligethoides (Weise, 1921)
• Brachypnoea meridensis (Bechyné, 1953)^[5]
• Brachypnoea metallica (Jacoby, 1890)
• Brachypnoea micromela (Bechyné, 1953)^[5]
• Brachypnoea mimas (Bechyné, 1955)^[9]
• Brachypnoea miribella (Bechyné, 1951)
• Brachypnoea mixiollensis (Bechyné, 1954)^[11]
• Brachypnoea modesta (Lefèvre, 1878)^[12]
  • Brachypnoea modesta animatoria (Bechyné, 1953)^[5]
  • Brachypnoea modesta modesta (Lefèvre, 1878)
  • Brachypnoea modesta parvula (Jacoby, 1890)^[9]
• Brachypnoea moerens (Weise, 1921)
• Brachypnoea moesta (Weise, 1921)
• Brachypnoea nana (Klug, 1829)
• Brachypnoea nicandra (Bechyné, 1953)^[5]
• Brachypnoea nigra (Weise, 1921)
• Brachypnoea obliterata (Jacoby, 1890)
• Brachypnoea ocanana (Lefèvre, 1878)^[12]
• Brachypnoea opaca (Jacoby, 1881)
• Brachypnoea opacicollis (Jacoby, 1890)
• Brachypnoea ovoidea (Bechyné, 1953)^[5]
• Brachypnoea palmarensis (Bechyné, 1951)
• Brachypnoea paraensis Bechyné & Bechyne, 1961^[18]
• Brachypnoea peregrina (Lefèvre, 1878)^[12]
• Brachypnoea phryna (Bechyné, 1953)^[5]
• Brachypnoea piccolina Bechyné & Bechyné, 1964^[19]
• Brachypnoea placida (Jacoby, 1890)
• Brachypnoea plumbea (Jacoby, 1890)
• Brachypnoea puncticollis (Say, 1824) (rose leaf beetle)
• Brachypnoea pustulata (Harold, 1874)
• Brachypnoea rotundicollis (Schaeffer, 1906)^[20]
• Brachypnoea ruficornis (Lefèvre, 1885)
• Brachypnoea rufipes (Lefèvre, 1878)^[12]
• Brachypnoea rufula (Weise, 1921)
• Brachypnoea scheerpeltzi (Bechyné, 1955)^[9]
• Brachypnoea scutellaris (Lefèvre, 1878)^[12]
• Brachypnoea secondaria (Bechyné, 1951)
  • Brachypnoea secondaria secondaria (Bechyné, 1951)
  • Brachypnoea secondaria sculptithorax (Bechyné, 1953)^[5]
• Brachypnoea selenaria (Bechyné, 1951)
• Brachypnoea semicostata (Lefèvre, 1875)
• Brachypnoea seminigra (Lefèvre, 1891)^[21]
• Brachypnoea sermyla (Bechyné, 1955)^[9]
• Brachypnoea sinuata (Jacoby, 1890)
• Brachypnoea sophia Bechyné & Bechyné, 1964^[19]
• Brachypnoea spinulosa (Lefèvre, 1885)
• Brachypnoea strangulata (Bechyné, 1951)
• Brachypnoea subaenea (Jacoby, 1899)
• Brachypnoea subcylindrica (Jacoby, 1881)
• Brachypnoea sylvana (Bechyné, 1953)^[5]
• Brachypnoea tarsata (Jacoby, 1881)
• Brachypnoea texana (Schaeffer, 1919)^[22]
• Brachypnoea theobromae (Bryant, 1924)^[23]
• Brachypnoea tricostulata (Lefèvre, 1875)
• Brachypnoea tristis (Olivier, 1808)
• Brachypnoea unicostata (Jacoby, 1881)
• Brachypnoea varicornis (Weise, 1921)
• Brachypnoea venustula (Lefèvre, 1878)
• Brachypnoea violaceipennis (Jacoby, 1878)
• Brachypnoea virginia (Bechyné, 1955)^[9]
• Brachypnoea virgulata (Lefèvre, 1878)^[12]
• Brachypnoea viridis (Jacoby, 1878)
• Brachypnoea vulnerata Bechyné & Bechyne, 1961^[18]
• Brachypnoea wanda (Bechyné, 1954)^[24]
• Brachypnoea weyrauchi (Bechyné, 1955)^[9]
• Brachypnoea winkerli (Lefèvre, 1878)^[12]
• Brachypnoea wygodzinskyi (Bechyné, 1949)
• Brachypnoea zita (Bechyné, 1954)^[24]

Species moved to Dryadomolpus:^[10]

• Brachypnoea brevis (Lefèvre, 1889)^[15] (originally in Alethaxius)
• Brachypnoea ella (Bechyné, 1955)^[9]
• Brachypnoea simoni (Lefèvre, 1889)
• Brachypnoea singularis (Lefèvre, 1889)
• Brachypnoea trichophora (Bechyné, 1955)^[9]

Species moved to other genera:^[25]

• Brachypnoea cupriceps (Lefèvre, 1877):^[26] moved to Chrysodinopsis
• Brachypnoea minuta (Jacoby, 1881): moved to Spintherophyta

Synonyms:

• Brachypnoea chrysicollis (Weise, 1921): Synonym of Brachypnoea aurulenta (Lefèvre, 1876)^[9]
• Brachypnoea coeruleata (Jacoby, 1899): Synonym of Brachypnoea venustula (Lefèvre, 1878)^[8]
• Brachypnoea granosa (Lefèvre, 1885): Synonym of Brachypnoea nana (Klug, 1829)^[27]
• Brachypnoea purpureosericea (Bechyné, 1951): Synonym of Brachypnoea aurulenta (Lefèvre, 1876)^[9]
• Brachypnoea venezuelensis (Jacoby, 1899): Synonym of Brachypnoea humeralis (Latreille, 1833)^[10]

Further reading

• Book: Arnett . R.H. Jr.. Thomas . M. C.. Skelley . P. E.. Frank . J. H.. 2002. American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. 978-0849309540.
• Book: Clark . S.M.. Le Doux . D.G.. Riley . E.G.. Gilbert . A.J.. Sullivan . J.M.. 4. 2004. Host Plants of Leaf Beetle Species Occurring in the United States and Canada. Coleopterists Society. 9780972608732.
• Book: Riley . Edward G.. Clark . Shawn M.. Seeno . Terry N.. 2003. Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Special Publication. The Coleopterists Society. 1. 978-0-9726087-1-8.

Notes and References

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4. Web site: Brachypnoea Genus Information. BugGuide.net. 2018-03-14.
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