Spintherophyta Explained

Spintherophyta is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. Most species in the genus are found in Central and South America, but there are also a few North American species.^[1]

Species

These species belong to the genus Spintherophyta:^{[2] [3] [4]}

• Spintherophyta antennata (Lefèvre, 1887)
• Spintherophyta arizonensis Schultz, 1976

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• Spintherophyta atroviolacea (Jacoby, 1890)^[5]
• Spintherophyta aurichalcea (Germar, 1824)
• Spintherophyta callida (Bechyné, 1950)^[6]
• Spintherophyta championi (Jacoby, 1881)^[7]
• Spintherophyta collaris (Lefèvre, 1885)^[8]
• Spintherophyta corrusca (Lefèvre, 1877)^[9]
• Spintherophyta cribricollis (Lefèvre, 1889)
• Spintherophyta cyanipennis (Jacoby, 1890)^[5]
• Spintherophyta diversicornis (Jacoby, 1900)
• Spintherophyta erythropoda (Bechyné, 1953)^[4]
• Spintherophyta exigua Schultz, 1976

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• Spintherophyta festiva (Lefèvre, 1877)^[9]
• Spintherophyta flavipes (Jacoby, 1881)^[7]
• Spintherophyta frontalis Lefèvre, 1877^[9]
• Spintherophyta fruhstorferi (Bechyné, 1955)^[10]
• Spintherophyta fulvicornis (Jacoby, 1890)^[5]
• Spintherophyta fuscitarsis (Lefèvre, 1877)^[9]
• Spintherophyta globosa (Olivier, 1808)

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• Spintherophyta granulata (Jacoby, 1890)^[5]
• Spintherophyta hoegei (Jacoby, 1881)^[7]
• Spintherophyta igneicollis (Baly, 1864)
• Spintherophyta ignita (Lefèvre, 1877)^[9]
• Spintherophyta jacobyi Sublett & Cook, 2021^[11]
• Spintherophyta jucunda (Lefèvre, 1885)^[8]
• Spintherophyta kirschi (Harold, 1874)
• Spintherophyta laevicollis (Lefèvre, 1885)^[8]
• Spintherophyta laevigata (Lefèvre, 1878)
• Spintherophyta lectiuncula (Bechyné, 1951)^[12]
  • Spintherophyta lectiuncula lectiuncula (Bechyné, 1951)
  • Spintherophyta lectiuncula polychromella Bechyné, 1958^[13]
• Spintherophyta limitropha (Bechyné, 1950)^[14]
• Spintherophyta lunai (Bechyné, 1951)^[12]
• Spintherophyta malaisei (Bechyné, 1949)^[15]
• Spintherophyta marginicollis (Jacoby, 1881)^[7]
• Spintherophyta melania (Bechyné, 1955)^[10]
• Spintherophyta minuta (Jacoby, 1881)^{[7] [16]}
• Spintherophyta nana (Jacoby, 1890)^[5]
• Spintherophyta olaena (Bechyné, 1951)^[12]
• Spintherophyta opacicollis (Lefèvre, 1885)^[8]
• Spintherophyta opulenta (Lefèvre, 1877)^[9]
• Spintherophyta ornata (Jacoby, 1881)^[7]
• Spintherophyta ornaticollis (Jacoby, 1881)^[7]
• Spintherophyta paraguayensis (Jacoby, 1898)
• Spintherophyta parvula (Lefèvre, 1885)^[8]
  • Spintherophyta parvula crassa (Bechyné, 1955)^[10]
  • Spintherophyta parvula parvula (Lefèvre, 1885)
• Spintherophyta podtianguini (Bechyné, 1951)^[12]
• Spintherophyta praestans (Bechyné, 1950)^[14]
• Spintherophyta pubescens (Jacoby, 1881)^[7]
• Spintherophyta pucaya (Bechyné, 1955)^[10]
• Spintherophyta punctum Gilbert & Clark, 2020^[17]
• Spintherophyta purpurea (Harold, 1874)
• Spintherophyta purpureicollis (Jacoby, 1881)^[7]
• Spintherophyta pusilla (Jacoby, 1890)^[5]
• Spintherophyta querula (Bechyné, 1950)^[6]
• Spintherophyta reticulata (Lefèvre, 1885)^[8]
• Spintherophyta semiaurata (Klug, 1829)
• Spintherophyta servula (Lefèvre, 1887)
• Spintherophyta simplocarina (Bechyné, 1954)^[18]
• Spintherophyta subsericea (Bechyné, 1955)^[10]
• Spintherophyta sulcifrons (Harold, 1874)
• Spintherophyta surrabaya (Bechyné, 1955)^[10]
• Spintherophyta thoracica (Jacoby, 1881)^{[7] [11]}
• Spintherophyta tibialis (Lefèvre, 1889)
• Spintherophyta trinidadensis (Bechyné, 1951)^[12]
• Spintherophyta versicolor (Lefèvre, 1876)
• Spintherophyta vicina (Jacoby, 1890)^[5]
• Spintherophyta violacea Jacoby, 1890^{[5] [11]}
• Spintherophyta violaceipennis (Horn, 1892)

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• Spintherophyta viridiceps (Bechyné, 1950)^[19]
• Spintherophyta viridis (Lefèvre, 1876)

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

Synonyms:

• Spintherophyta alutacea (Jacoby, 1898): synonym of Spintherophyta opacicollis (Lefèvre, 1885)^[10]
• Spintherophyta cupriceps (Lefèvre, 1877):^[9] moved to Brachypnoea^[3]
• Spintherophyta fulgurans (Harold, 1874): synonym of Spintherophyta igneicollis (Baly, 1864)^[20]
• Spintherophyta incerta (Lefèvre, 1876): synonym of Spintherophyta igneicollis (Baly, 1864)^[20]
• Spintherophyta laticollis (Jacoby, 1900): synonym of Spintherophyta igneicollis (Baly, 1864)^[10]
• Spintherophyta maronica (Bechyné, 1950):^[6] synonym of Spintherophyta igneicollis (Baly, 1864)^[20]
• Spintherophyta nigrita (Baly, 1878): moved to Nycterodina^[10]
• Spintherophyta peruana (Jacoby, 1898): synonym of Spintherophyta igneicollis (Baly, 1864)^[10]
• Spintherophyta pilosa (Lefèvre, 1877): moved to Trichospinthera^[3]
• Spintherophyta punctatostriata (Lefèvre, 1875): moved to Nycterodina^[10]
• Spintherophyta subcostata (Jacoby, 1900): moved to Nycterodina^[21]
• Spintherophyta tarsalis (Lefèvre, 1885):^[8] moved to Nycterodina, synonym of Nycterodina nigrita (Baly, 1878)^[10]

Renamed species:

• Spintherophyta fulvicornis (Jacoby, 1890: 197)^[5] (secondary junior homonym of Spintherophyta fulvicornis (Jacoby, 1890: 185)), renamed to Spintherophyta jacobyi Sublett & Cook, 2021^[11]

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. William T.. Schultz. 1976. Review of the Genus Spintherophyta (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in North America North of Mexico. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 69. 5. 877–881. 10.1093/aesa/69.5.877.
2. Caroline S.. Chaboo. R. Wills. Flowers. 2015. Beetles (Coleoptera) of Peru: A Survey of the Families. Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae Hope, 1840. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 88. 3. 375–379. 10.2317/kent-88-03-375-379.1. 87900852 .
3. Flowers. R.W.. 1996. The subfamily Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Central America. Revista de Biología Tropical Special Publication. 2. 1–59. December 31, 2018.
4. Bechyné. J.. 1953. Katalog der neotropischen Eumolpiden (Col. Phytoph. Chrysomeloidea). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey. 4. 26–303. German.
5. Encyclopedia: Jacoby. M.. 1890. Eumolpidae. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/585383. Insecta. Coleoptera, Supplement to Phytophaga. Biologia Centrali-Americana. 6. 1. 183–241.
6. Bechyné. J.. 1950. Eumolpides Américains nouveaux ou peu connus. Entomologischen Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey. 1. 205–238.
7. Encyclopedia: Jacoby. M.. 1881. Eumolpidae. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/584677. Insecta. Coleoptera. Biologia Centrali-Americana. 6. 1. 105–187.
8. Lefèvre. É.. 1885. Eumolpidarum hucusque cognitarum catalogus, sectionum conspectu systematico, generum sicut et specierum nonnullarum novarum descriptionibus adjunctis. Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège. 2. 11. 16. 1–172.
9. 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.
10. Bechyné. J.. 1955. Reise des Herrn G. Frey in Sudamerika: Eumolpidae. Entomologischen Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey. 6. 569–657.
11. Sublett. C.A.. Cook. J.L.. 2021. A Comprehensive Revision of the Genus Metaparia Crotch, 1873 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) and Description of a New Genus. The Coleopterists Bulletin. 75. 4. 779–811. 10.1649/0010-065X-75.4.779. 245539710 .
12. 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.
13. J.. Bechyné. 1958. Notizen zu den neotropischen Chrysomeloidea (Col. Phytophaga). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey Tutzing bei München. 9. 478–706.
14. J.. Bechyné. 1950. Les générotypes des Eumolpides de l'Amérique du Sud et du Centre avec les diagnoses des formes nouvelles (Col. Phytoph. Chrysomeloidea). Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft. 40. 264–292.
15. Bechyné. J.. 1949. Liste provisoire des Eumolpides de la Republique Argentine et observations diverses sur les Eumolpides de l'Amerique du Sud (Col., Chrysomeloidea). Acta Zoologica Lilloana. 8. 457–535.
16. Gómez-Zurita. J.. Maes. J.-M.. 2022. New Genera and Species Records of Nicaraguan Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Including a New Species in a New Generic Record for Central America. Neotropical Entomology. 51 . 5 . 705–721 . 10.1007/s13744-022-00987-2. 35984567 . 9546993 . free.
17. Gilbert. A.J.. Clark. S.M.. 2020. A New Species of Spintherophyta Dejean, 1836 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) from the California Channel Islands, USA. The Coleopterists Bulletin. 74. 3. 555–562. 10.1649/0010-065X-74.3.555. free.
18. 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. (note: pages 196–199 are missing in the PDF)
19. Bechyné. J.. 1950. Notes sur les eumolpides américains. Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft. 40. 245–263.
20. Bechyné. J.. Špringlová de Bechyné. B.. 1967. Notes sur les Phytophaga neotropicaux (Coleoptera). Revista de la Facultad de Agronomía (Maracay). 4. 5–47.
21. Bechyné. J.. Springlovà de Bechyné. B.. 1961. Notas sobre Chrysomeloidea Neotropicais II. Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi . New Series. 37. 1–93.