Spilopyrinae Explained

The Spilopyrinae are a small subfamily of the leaf beetles, or Chrysomelidae. They occur in Australia, New Guinea, New Caledonia and Chile.^[1] They were formerly considered a tribe of the subfamily Eumolpinae. The group was elevated to subfamily rank by C. A. M. Reid in 2000.^[2] However, some authors have criticised this placement, preferring to retain them within the Eumolpinae.^[3]

Genera

• Allsortsia Reid & Beatson, 2010^[4]
• Bohumiljania Monrós, 1958^[5]
• Cheiloxena Baly, 1860^[6]
• Dorymolpus Elgueta, Daccordi & Zoia, 2014^[7]
• Hornius Fairmaire, 1885
• Macrolema Baly, 1861^[8]
• Richmondia Jacoby, 1898
• Spilopyra Baly, 1860^[9]
• Stenomela Erichson, 1847

External links

• Australian Faunal Directory – Subfamily Spilopyrinae Chapuis, 1874

Notes and References

1. Elgueta. M.. Daccordi. M.. Zoia. S.. 2017. Lista de las especies de Spilopyrinae y Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) de Chile. Boletín del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile. 66. 67–84. 10.54830/bmnhn.v66.n1.2017.73 . 255713904 . Spanish.
2. Reid. C. A. M.. 2000. Spilopyrinae Chapuis: a new subfamily in the Chrysomelidae and its systematic placement (Coleoptera). Invertebrate Taxonomy. 14. 6. 837–862. 10.1071/IT00042.
3. Pierre. Jolivet. Krishna K.. Verma. 2008. Eumolpinae – a widely distributed and much diversified subfamily of leaf beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews. 1. 1. 3–37. 10.1163/187498308X345424.
4. Reid. C. A. M.. Beatson. M.. 2010. Revision of the Australo-Papuan genus Macrolema Baly (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Spilopyrinae), with description of a new genus. Zootaxa. 2486. 1–60. 10.11646/zootaxa.2486.1.1. free.
5. Reid. C. A. M.. Beatson. M.. 2011. Revision of the New Caledonian endemic genus Bohumiljania Monrós (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Spilopyrinae). Zootaxa. 3000. 1–43. 10.11646/zootaxa.3000.1.1 .
6. Baly. J. S.. 1860. Descriptions of some new species of Sagra; remarks on that genus; and the characters of Cheiloxena, a new genus belonging to the same family (concluded). Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. New series. 5. 236–260.
7. Elgueta. M.. M.. Daccordi. S.. Zoia. 2014. Dorymolpus elizabethae nov. gen., nov. sp. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Spilopyrinae) de Chile, asociado a Nothofagus Blume. Dorymolpus elizabethae nov. gen., nov. sp. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Spilopyrinae) from Chile, associated to Nothofagus Blume. Boletín del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile. 63. 159–178. 10.54830/bmnhn.v63.2014.135 . 255932585 . Spanish.
8. Baly. J. S.. 1861. Descriptions of new genera and species of Phytophaga. The Journal of Entomology. 1. 275–302.
9. J. S.. Baly. 1860. Descriptions of New Genera and Species of Eumolpidae. The Journal of Entomology. 1. 1. 23–36.