Freudeita Explained

Freudeita is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae.^[1] It is found in South America.^[2] The genus is dedicated to the German entomologist .

In May 2019, the New Zealand Environmental Protection Authority approved an application to introduce Freudeita cf. cupripennis as a biological control agent against the moth plant (Araujia hortorum), an invasive weed in New Zealand.^[3]

Species

• Freudeita alternata (Lefèvre, 1891)
• Freudeita callosa Bechyné, 1953^[1]
• Freudeita chalcites (Lefèvre, 1884)^{[4] [5]}
• Freudeita colligens Bechyné, 1951^[6]
• Freudeita cruda Bechyné, 1951^[6]
• Freudeita cuprinula Bechyné, 1950
  • Freudeita cuprinula cuprinula Bechyné, 1950
  • Freudeita cuprinula fortis Bechyné & Bechyné, 1964^[7]
  • Freudeita cuprinula maldonaldoi Bechyné, 1953^[1]
• Freudeita cupripennis (Lefèvre, 1877)
• Freudeita duplicata (Lefèvre, 1877)^{[8] [5]}
• Freudeita interlata Bechyné & Bechyné, 1961^[9]
• Freudeita iracunda Bechyné, 1950^[10]
• Freudeita macroscopia Bechyné, 1954^[11]
• Freudeita parellina (Erichson, 1847)
• Freudeita peruviana (Bowditch, 1921)
• Freudeita plaumanni Bechyné, 1951^[6]
• Freudeita porosa (Jacoby, 1900)
• Freudeita proligens Bechyné, 1951^[6]
• Freudeita subopaca Bechyné, 1950^[12]
• Freudeita violacea (Lefèvre, 1877)
  • Freudeita violacea cyaneoazurea Bechyné, 1951^[6]
  • Freudeita violacea subnitida Bechyné, 1950
  • Freudeita violacea violacea (Lefèvre, 1877)
• Freudeita viridipes (Lefèvre, 1877)
  • Freudeita viridipes cyanea (Lefèvre, 1885)
  • Freudeita viridipes viridipes (Lefèvre, 1877)

Synonyms:

• Freudeita balyi (Jacoby, 1881):^{[13] [12]} moved back to Colaspis^[2]
• Freudeita dentifera Bechyné, 1951:^[6] moved to Colaspis^[2]
• Freudeita melancholica (Jacoby, 1881):^{[13] [12]} moved back to Colaspis^[2]
• Freudeita violacea consentanea (Lefèvre, 1891): synonym of Freudeita violacea (Lefèvre, 1877)^[11]

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. Flowers. R. Wills. 1995. Some Corrections to the Generic Records of Central American Eumolpinae (Chrysomelidae: Coleoptera). The Florida Entomologist. 78. 3. 553–557. 10.2307/3495545. 3495545. free.
3. News: Moth plant beetle approved for New Zealand to control noxious weed. Newsroom. 2019-05-23. 2019-06-03. en-AU.
4. Lefèvre. E.. 1884. Le diagnoses de nouvelles espèces d'Eumolpides. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France. Série 6 . 4 . CXX–CXXI.
5. J.. Bechyné. 1955. Reise des Herrn G. Frey in Südamerika: Eumolpidae (Col. Phytophaga). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey Tutzing bei München. 6. 569–657.
6. J.. Bechyné. 1951. Liste provisoire des Eumolpides de Bolivie et observations diverses sur les espèces de l'Amérique du Sud (Col. Phytophaga). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey Tutzing bei München. 2. 227–352.
7. Bechyné. J.. Springlová de Bechyné. B.. 1964. Notes sur quelques Chrysomeloidea Néotropicaux (Col. Phytophaga). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia. 11. 117–137. 8 February 2019. 19 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190119121447/http://chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/sites/chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/files/1964_Separata_158.pdf. dead.
8. 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.
9. Bechyné. J.. Springlovà de Bechyné. B.. 1961. Notas sobre Chrysomeloidea neotropicais. Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi. New Series. 33. 1–49. 8 February 2019. 19 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190119121108/http://chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/sites/chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/files/1961_Separata_151.pdf. dead.
10. Bechyné. J.. 1950. Notes sur les Eumolpides néotropicaux des collections de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. Bulletin of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences. 26. 54. 1–24.
11. 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. 8 February 2019. 30 March 2019. 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)
12. Bechyné. J.. Springlovà de Bechyné. B.. 1969. Notas sobre Phytophaga americanos (Coleoptera). Revista de la Facultad de Agronomía (Maracay). 3. 5–64. 8 February 2019. 2 September 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180902091241/http://chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/sites/chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/files/1969_Separata_179.pdf. dead.
13. Encyclopedia: Jacoby. M.. 1881. Eumolpidae. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/584677. Insecta. Coleoptera. Biologia Centrali-Americana. 6. 1. 105–187.