Thysbina Explained

Thysbina is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae.^[1] It is known from Africa. It was first established by the German entomologist Julius Weise in 1902, for several species from Colasposoma as well as three new species. According to in 1941, Thysbina is actually a synonym of Colasposoma,^[2] though this proposed synonymy has been ignored in later works.^[3]

Species

• Thysbina amata (J. Thomson, 1858)^[4]
• Thysbina antiqua (Harold, 1879)
• Thysbina bicostata Weise, 1902
• Thysbina fallax Weise, 1902
• Thysbina femoralis (Lefèvre, 1877)^[5]
• Thysbina lefevrei (Baly, 1881)^[6]
• Thysbina pleuralis Weise, 1915
• Thysbina rufipes Weise, 1902
• Thysbina viridimarginata (Jacoby, 1894)^[7]

Species moved to Ennodius:^[8]

• Thysbina caerulea Pic, 1952
• Thysbina gabonica Pic, 1952: synonym of Ennodius murrayi (Chapuis, 1874)

Species moved to Timentes:^[8]

• Thysbina camerunensis Pic, 1953

Notes and References

1. Web site: Thysbina. African Eumolpinae site. 23 August 2018.
2. Burgeon. L.. 1941. Les Colasposoma et les Euryope du Congo Belge (Coléop. Chrysomel. Eumolp.). Mémires de l'Institut Royal Colonial Belge. 10. 5. 1–43.
3. B. J.. Selman. 1965. A revision of the Nodini and a key to the genera of Eumolpidae of Africa (Coleoptera: Eumolpidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 16. 3. 141–174. 10.5962/bhl.part.21864. (note: the tribe Euryopini is listed as "Eumolpini")
4. Book: Thomson, J.. 1858. Insectes. I. Ordre Coléoptères. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11640579. Voyage au Gabon. Histoire naturelle des Insectes et des Arachnides recueillis pendant un voyage fait au Gabon. Archives Entomologiques. Paris. 2. 29–239.
5. E.. Lefèvre. 1877. Descriptions de Coléoptères nouveaux ou peu connus de la Famille des Eumolpides (2e partie). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 5. 7. 309–326.
6. J. S.. Baly. 1881. Descriptions of uncharacterized species of Eumolpidæ, with notices of some previously described insects belonging to the same Family. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 29. 4. 491–506. 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1881.tb00878.x.
7. Jacoby. M.. 1894. Descriptions of new genera and species of Phytophagous Coleoptera from Africa and Madagascar. Novitates Zoologicae. 1. 508–534. 10.5962/bhl.part.24565.
8. 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.