Thasycles Explained

Thasycles is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae.^[1] It is endemic to New Caledonia. For a long time it was treated as a synonym of Dematochroma, until it was reinstated as a valid genus in 2022.^[2]

Species

Eleven species are included in the genus:^[2]

• Thasycles castaneus Gómez-Zurita, 2022
• Thasycles compactus Gómez-Zurita, 2022
• Thasycles cordiformis Chapuis, 1874
• Thasycles fuscus (Jolivet, Verma & Mille, 2007)
• Thasycles grandis Gómez-Zurita, 2022
• Thasycles laboulbenei (Montrouzier, 1861)
• Thasycles magnus Gómez-Zurita, 2022
• Thasycles panieensis (Jolivet, Verma & Mille, 2007)^[3]
• Thasycles puncticollis Gómez-Zurita, 2022
• Thasycles tenuis Gómez-Zurita, 2022
• Thasycles variegatus Gómez-Zurita, 2022

Notes and References

1. Platania. L.. Gómez-Zurita. J.. 2023. Current knowledge on the diversity of Eumolpinae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) in New Caledonia. ZooKeys. 1177. 41–55. 10.3897/zookeys.1177.101293. free. 37692319 . 10261/337235. free.
2. Gómez-Zurita. J.. Pàmies-Harder. M.. 2022. Phylogenetic restitution and taxonomic revision of the New Caledonian endemic genus Thasycles Chapuis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae). Zoologischer Anzeiger. 297. 16–41. 10.1016/j.jcz.2022.01.003. free. 10261/260681. free.
3. P.. Jolivet. K.K.. Verma. C.. Mille. 2007. New Genera and Species of Eumolpinae from New Caledonia (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). Revue Française d'Entomologie . Nouvelle Série. 29. 2–3. 77–92.