Chrysodinopsis Explained

Chrysodinopsis is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It was first described by the Czech entomologist Jan Bechyné in 1950. There are three described species in Chrysodinopsis.^[1] The genus is possibly synonymous with Brachypnoea.

Species

• Chrysodinopsis basalis (Jacoby, 1890)^[2] (Synonyms: Nodonota arizonica Schaeffer, 1906;^[3] Nodonota parkeri B. White, 1941)^{[4] [5]} – Mexico, southern Arizona
• Chrysodinopsis cupriceps (Lefèvre, 1877)^[6] – El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua
• Chrysodinopsis curtula (Jacoby, 1881) – Mexico

Further reading

• Book: Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). 2003. Riley . Edward G.. Clark . Shawn M.. Seeno . Terry N.. The Coleopterists' Society. Special Publication No. 1. 978-0-9726087-1-8.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. 2013. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-26091-7.

Notes and References

1. Gómez-Zurita. J.. Maes. J.-M.. 2022. New Genera and Species Records of Nicaraguan Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Including a New Species in a New Generic Record for Central America. Neotropical Entomology. 51 . 5 . 705–721 . 10.1007/s13744-022-00987-2. 35984567 . 9546993 . free.
2. Encyclopedia: Jacoby. M.. 1890. Eumolpidae. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/585383. Insecta. Coleoptera, Supplement to Phytophaga. Biologia Centrali-Americana. 6. 1. 183–241.
3. Schaeffer. C.. 1906. On new and known genera and species of the family Chrysomelidae. Brooklyn Institute Museum Science Bulletin. 1. 9. 221–253. 2027/mdp.39015031364543.
4. Schaeffer. C.. 1933. Short studies in the Chrysomelidæ (Coleoptera) (Continued). Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 41. 4. 457–480. 25004529.
5. Schultz. W. T.. 1980. A New Species of Nodonota (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) with a Review of the United States Species. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 73. 2. 200–203. 10.1093/aesa/73.2.200.
6. Lefèvre. E.. 1877. Descriptions de coléoptères nouveaux ou peu connus de la famille des Eumolpides (1re partie). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 5. 7. 115–166.