Euphrytus Explained

Euphrytus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. There are 29 described species in Euphrytus from Central and North America, three of which are found north of Mexico.

Species

These species belong to the genus Euphrytus:^{[1] [2]}

• Euphrytus aeneus Jacoby, 1881
• Euphrytus apicicornis Jacoby, 1890^[3]
• Euphrytus costatus (Jacoby, 1890)^{[3] [2]}
• Euphrytus crassipes Bechyné, 1957^[2]
• Euphrytus elongatus Jacoby, 1890^[3]
• Euphrytus fulvicollis Jacoby, 1881
• Euphrytus fulvicornis Jacoby, 1890^[3]
• Euphrytus fulvipes (Jacoby, 1881)^[2]
• Euphrytus ghilianii Bechyné, 1957^[2]
• Euphrytus huehuetenangensis Bechyné, 1953^[1]
• Euphrytus humeralis Jacoby, 1890^[3]
• Euphrytus intermedius Jacoby, 1890

^{i c g b[3]}

• Euphrytus micans Bechyné, 1957^[2]
• Euphrytus montivagus Bechyné, 1953^[1]
• Euphrytus nigritarsis Jacoby, 1890^[3]
• Euphrytus omisus Bechyné, 1954^[4]
• Euphrytus opacicollis Jacoby, 1881
• Euphrytus pallidus Jacoby, 1890^[3]
• Euphrytus pallipes Jacoby, 1890^[3]
• Euphrytus parvicollis Schaeffer, 1933

^{i c g b[5]}

• Euphrytus rugipennis (Jacoby, 1881)^[6]
• Euphrytus rugosus Jacoby, 1890^[3]
• Euphrytus semirugosus Jacoby, 1890^[3]
• Euphrytus simplex Jacoby, 1881
• Euphrytus snowi Schaeffer, 1933

^b[5]

• Euphrytus surrubrensis Bechyné, 1957^[2]
• Euphrytus tenuipes Bechyné, 1957^[2]
• Euphrytus umbrosus Jacoby, 1890^[3]
• Euphrytus varicornis Jacoby, 1890^[3]

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Synonyms:

• Euphrytus varipennis Jacoby, 1890:^[3] synonym of Therses nigricollis Jacoby, 1890^[6]

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. Bechyné. J.. 1953. Katalog der neotropischen Eumolpiden (Col. Phytoph. Chrysomeloidea). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey. 4. 26–303. German.
2. J.. Bechyné. 1957. Eumolpides neo-tropicaux de la collection du Museo civico di Storia naturale "Giacomo Doria" di Genova (Col. Phytophaga). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria. 69. 226–247.
3. Encyclopedia: Jacoby. M.. 1890. Eumolpidae. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/585383. Insecta. Coleoptera, Supplement to Phytophaga. Biologia Centrali-Americana. 6. 1. 183–241.
4. Bechyné. J.. 1954. La liste des Eumolpides de Rio Grande do Sul (Brésil) et observations diverses sur les espéces néotropicales. Arquivos do Museu Paranaense. 10. 141–226. 2019-02-19. 2019-03-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20190330233101/http://chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/sites/chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/files/1954_Separata_101.pdf. dead. (note: pages 196–199 are missing in the PDF)
5. Schaeffer. C.. 1933. Short studies in the Chrysomelidæ (Coleoptera) (Continued). Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 41. 4. 457–480. 25004529.
6. Bechyné. J.. 1955. Reise des Herrn G. Frey in Sudamerika: Eumolpidae. Entomologischen Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey. 6. 569–657. 2019-02-19. 2019-01-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20190119175740/http://chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/sites/chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/files/1955_Separata_107.pdf. dead.