Pathius Explained

Pathius is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae.^[1] It is known from Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.

The genus was originally named Taphius by Martin Jacoby in 1897; however, this name was preoccupied by Taphius Adams, 1855 (a genus in Mollusca, currently a synonym of Biomphalaria Preston, 1910) and Taphius Rafinesque, 1815 (a nomen nudum genus in Crustacea), so it was renamed to Pathius by N. A. Aslam in 1968.

Species

• Pathius daccordii Zoia, 2020^[2]
• Pathius flavus (Jacoby, 1897)
• Pathius maculatus (Bryant, 1957)^[3]
• Pathius major (Weise, 1912)^[4]
• Pathius pallidus (Weise, 1912)^[4]
• Pathius pici Zoia, 2019^[5]
• Pathius tanganikanus (Burgeon, 1941)
• Pathius variabilis (Selman, 1963)
• Pathius vulgaris (Chapuis, 1879)^[6] (Phascus?)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pathius. African Eumolpinae site. 29 August 2018.
2. Zoia. S.. 2020. New data on the Eumolpinae from Malawi with description of five new species. Spixiana. 43. 1. 63–79.
3. Bryant. G. E.. 1957. Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae of South-west Arabia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 12. 10. 113. 353–363. 10.1080/00222935708655968.
4. Weise. J.. 1912. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Chrysomeliden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Abteilung A. 78. 2. 76–98.
5. Zoia. S.. 2019. Nomenclature changes in African Eumolpinae with reference to type specimens preserved in the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). . Nouvelle Série. 55. 1. 61–86. 10.1080/00379271.2018.1556119. 155689938.
6. Chapuis. F.. 1879. Phytophages abyssiniens du Musée Civique d'Histoire naturelle de Gênes. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 15. 5–31.