Cleoporus Explained

Cleoporus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known from Asia.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

• Cleoporus aedilis (Weise, 1922)^{[4] [5]}
• Cleoporus aeneipennis Chen, 1935
• Cleoporus aenescens (Jacoby, 1908)^{[3] [6]}
• Cleoporus badius Lefèvre, 1889
• Cleoporus costatus Chûjô, 1956^[7]
• Cleoporus cuprescens (Baly, 1878)^{[8] [9]} (doubtful assignment)
• Cleoporus dalatensis Medvedev, 1998^[10]
• Cleoporus harmandi Lefèvre, 1893^[11]
• Cleoporus inornatus Jacoby, 1908^[3]
• Cleoporus laevifrons (Jacoby, 1908)^{[3] [6]}
• Cleoporus lateralis (Motschulsky, 1866)^[12]
• Cleoporus lefevrei Duvivier, 1892
• Cleoporus lineatus Medvedev & Sprecher-Uebersax, 1999^[13]
• Cleoporus maculicollis Jacoby, 1904
• Cleoporus pallidipes (Fairmaire, 1888)
• Cleoporus plagiatus Jacoby, 1892
• Cleoporus quadripustulatus (Baly, 1859)^{[14] [5]}
• Cleoporus recticollis (Pic, 1929)^[6]
• Cleoporus robustus (Baly, 1874)^[15]
• Cleoporus similis Medvedev & Eroshkina, 1985
• Cleoporus sumbaensis Jacoby, 1899^[16]
• Cleoporus suturalis Chen, 1935
• Cleoporus taynguensis Medvedev & Eroshkina, 1985
• Cleoporus tibialis (Lefèvre, 1885)
• Cleoporus timorensis Jacoby, 1894^[17]
• Cleoporus trimaculatus Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982^[1]
• Cleoporus udovichenkoi Medvedev & Romantsov, 2013^[18]
• Cleoporus variabilis (Baly, 1874)^[15]
• Cleoporus variegatus Jacoby, 1904
• Cleoporus vietnamensis Medvedev & Eroshkina, 1985

The following are synonyms of other species:^[19]

• Cleoporus birmanicus Jacoby, 1892: synonym of Cleoporus lateralis (Motschulsky, 1866)
• Cleoporus cruciatus Lefèvre, 1884: synonym of Cleoporus quadripustulatus (Baly, 1859)^[5]
• Cleoporus jacobyi Medvedev & Eroshkina, 1985 (replacement name for Cleoporus lefevrei Jacoby, 1895 nec Duvivier, 1892): synonym of Cleoporus inornatus Jacoby, 1908
• Cleoporus lefevrei Jacoby, 1895 nec Duvivier, 1892: synonym of Cleoporus inornatus Jacoby, 1908

Notes and References

1. Kimoto. S.. Gressitt. J. L.. 1982. Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) of Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. III. Eumolpinae. Esakia. 18. 1–141. 10.5109/2421 . 2324/2421. 83265328 .
2. 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.
3. Book: Jacoby, M.. 1908. Bingham. C. T.. Coleoptera. Chrysomelidae. Vol. 1. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Taylor & Francis. London.
4. Weise. J.. 1922. Chrysomeliden der Philippinen: III. https://web.archive.org/web/20210515233228/https://philjournalsci.dost.gov.ph/images/pdf_upload/pjs1922/PJS_Vol_21_No5_Nov_1922.pdf. dead. May 15, 2021. The Philippine Journal of Science. 21. 5. 423–490.
5. A. G.. Moseyko. 2012. 2011. To the knowledge of the leaf-beetle tribe Nodinini (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae) from the Philippines and Borneo. Entomological Review. 92. 3. 315–328. 10.1134/S0013873812030086. 15106058.
6. Moseyko. A. G.. 2013. 2012. On the distribution and synonymy of some indo-malayan species of the chrysomelid genus Pagria Lefèvre, 1884 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae). Entomological Review. 93. 2. 208–213. 10.1134/S0013873813020097. 15837259.
7. Chûjô. M.. 1956. A taxonomic study on the Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from Formosa. Part VIII. Subfamily Eumolpinae. https://web.archive.org/web/20210515232250/https://philjournalsci.dost.gov.ph/images/pdf_upload/pjs1956/PJS_Vol_85_No1_Mar_1956.pdf. dead. May 15, 2021. The Philippine Journal of Science. 85. 1. 1–180.
8. Baly. J. S.. 1878. Descriptions of the phytophagous Coleoptera collected by the late Dr. F. Stoliczka during Forsyth's expedition to Kashgar in 1873-74. Cistula Entomologica. 2. 369–383.
9. Book: Moseyko. A. G.. Sprecher-Uebersax. E.. 2010. New nomenclatural and taxonomic acts, and comments. Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae. https://books.google.com/books?id=qt8zDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA80. Löbl. I.. Smetana. A.. Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark. Apollo Books. 80–83. 978-87-88757-84-2.
10. L.N.. Medvedev. 1998. New Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) from Southeast Asia in the Hungarian Natural History Museum. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici. 90. 163–174.
11. Lefèvre. E.. 1893. Contributions à la faune Indo-Chinoise, 12. Clytrides & Eumolpides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 62. 111–134.
12. Medvedev. L. N.. 2007. To the knowledge of Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) described by V. Motschulsky. Russian Entomological Journal. 15. 4. 409–417.
13. Medvedev. L. N.. Sprecher-Uebersax. E.. 1999. Taxonomical study of Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) from Nepal. Entomologica Basiliensia. 21. 355–370.
14. Baly. J. S.. 1859. Descriptions of new genera and species of Phytophagous insects. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 3. 4. 20. 124–128. 10.1080/00222935908697096.
15. Baly. J. S.. 1874. Catalogue of the Phytophagous Coleoptera of Japan, with descriptions of the species new to science. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 22. 2. 161–217. 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1874.tb00164.x.
16. Jacoby. M.. 1899. Descriptions of the new species of phytophagous Coleoptera obtained by Dr. Dohrn in Sumatra. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung. 60. 259–313, 1 pl.
17. Jacoby. M.. 1894. Descriptions of new genera and species of phytophagous Coleoptera obtained by W. Doherty in the Malayan Archipelago. Novitates Zoologicae. 1. 267–330. 10.5962/bhl.part.24565.
18. Medvedev. L.N.. Romantsov. P.V.. 2013. New and poorly known Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) from South-East Asia. Caucasian Entomological Bulletin. 9. 1. 137–140. 10.23885/1814-3326-2013-9-1-137-140. free.
19. Moseyko. A.G.. 2020. 15 January 2021. Notes on Asiatic Eumolpinae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). Entomological Review. 100. 6. 843–862. 10.1134/S0013873820060123. 234621478 .