Pseudometaxis Explained

Pseudometaxis is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in Southeast Asia and Southern China.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

The genus contains at least five species:

• Pseudometaxis minutus Pic, 1923 – China (Yunnan)
• Pseudometaxis rufescens Pic, 1927^[4] – Sumatra
• Pseudometaxis serraticollis (Baly, 1867)^[5] – Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Peninsular Malayasia, Sumatra
• Pseudometaxis serratithorax Chen, 1940 – Myanmar
• Pseudometaxis tonkineus Pic, 1924 – Thailand, Vietnam

Synonyms:

• Pseudometaxis hirsutus Pic, 1928: synonym of Pseudometaxis tonkineus Pic, 1924
• Pseudometaxis maculatus Chûjô, 1964: synonym of Pseudometaxis serraticollis (Baly, 1867)
• Pseudometaxis nanus Chen, 1940: synonym of Fidia submaculata (Pic, 1924)
• Pseudometaxis serraticollis Jacoby, 1900 (nec Baly, 1867): renamed to Pseudometaxis serratithorax Chen, 1940
• Pseudometaxis submaculatus (Pic, 1924): moved to Fidia

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. 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 .
3. Book: Mohamedsaid, M. S.. 2004. Catalogue of the Malaysian Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). 1–239. Sofia. Pensoft Publishers. Pensoft Series Faunistica. 36. 9546422010. 1312-0174.
4. Pic. M.. 1927. Nouveaux coléoptères du Globe II. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 52. 106–110.
5. Baly. J. S.. 1867. Phytophaga Malayana; a revision of the phytophagous beetles of the Malay Archipelago, with descriptions of the new species collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 3. 4. 1–300. 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1866.tb01857.x.