Trichochrysea Explained

Trichochrysea is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in Asia.^{[1] [2] [3]}

According to A. G. Moseyko (in 2012), the Central Asian species are significantly different from the Oriental species.^[4]

Species

The genus includes the following species:^{[5] [6]}

South, East and Southeast Asian species:

• Trichochrysea aeneipennis (Lefèvre, 1890)^[2]
• Trichochrysea albopilosa Medvedev & Eroshkina, 1987^[6]
• Trichochrysea annamita (Lefèvre, 1877)
• Trichochrysea antennata Jacoby, 1908^[3]
• Trichochrysea bhamoensis (Jacoby, 1892)
• Trichochrysea bidens (Lefèvre, 1893)^[7]
• Trichochrysea borneensis (Jacoby, 1895)
• Trichochrysea brevipennis Pic, 1926
• Trichochrysea cephalotes (Lefèvre, 1893)^[7]
• Trichochrysea chejudoana Komiya, 1985^[8]
• Trichochrysea chihtuana Komiya, 1985^[8]
• Trichochrysea clypeata (Jacoby, 1889)
• Trichochrysea cupreata (Baly, 1867)^[9]
• Trichochrysea curta Pic, 1926
• Trichochrysea evanescens (Baly, 1864)^[10]
• Trichochrysea fasciata Chen, 1940^[6]
• Trichochrysea formosana Komiya, 1985^[8]
• Trichochrysea fortipunctata Lopatin, 2005
• Trichochrysea grisea Medvedev & Eroshkina, 1999^[11]
• Trichochrysea hebe (Baly, 1864)^[10]
• Trichochrysea hirta (Fabricius, 1801)
  • Trichochrysea hirta hirta (Fabricius, 1801)
  • Trichochrysea hirta viridis (Jacoby, 1892)
• Trichochrysea igneipennis (Lefèvre, 1890)
• Trichochrysea imperialis (Baly, 1861)^[12]
• Trichochrysea inaequalis Pic, 1927
• Trichochrysea incana Medvedev & Eroshkina, 1987^[6]
• Trichochrysea jacobyi Medvedev, 2001^[13]
• Trichochrysea japana (Motschulsky, 1858)
• Trichochrysea lameyi (Lefèvre, 1893)^[7]
• Trichochrysea lesnei (Berlioz, 1921)
• Trichochrysea mandarina (Lefèvre, 1893)^[7]
• Trichochrysea marmorata Tan, 1984
• Trichochrysea morosa (Lefèvre, 1885)
• Trichochrysea mouhoti Baly, 1861
• Trichochrysea multicolor Pic, 1926
• Trichochrysea nitidissima (Jacoby, 1888)^[14]
  • Trichochrysea nitidissima nitidissima (Jacoby, 1888)
  • Trichochrysea nitidissima scutellaris Pic, 1926
• Trichochrysea okinawana Nakane, 1956
  • Trichochrysea okinawana meridiojaponica Komiya, 1985^[8]
  • Trichochrysea okinawana okinawana Nakane, 1956
  • Trichochrysea okinawana taiwana Komiya, 1985^[8]
• Trichochrysea parvula (Jacoby, 1892)
• Trichochrysea philippinensis (Baly, 1864)^[10]
• Trichochrysea purpureomaculata Jacoby, 1898
• Trichochrysea purpureonotata Pic, 1927
• Trichochrysea quadrifasciata (Jacoby, 1889)
  • Trichochrysea quadrifasciata igneicollis Medvedev & Eroshkina, 1999^[11]
  • Trichochrysea quadrifasciata quadrifasciata (Jacoby, 1889)
• Trichochrysea robusta Pic, 1926
• Trichochrysea rufofemoralis Jacoby, 1908^[3]
• Trichochrysea sakishimana Komiya, 1985^[8]
• Trichochrysea sericea Pic, 1926
• Trichochrysea similis Chen, 1935
• Trichochrysea sinensis Chen, 1940
• Trichochrysea singaporensis Medvedev, 2009^[15]
• Trichochrysea speciosa (Jacoby, 1896)^[16]
• Trichochrysea tarsata Achard, 1921
• Trichochrysea transversicollis Medvedev & Eroshkina, 1999^[11]
• Trichochrysea trapezicollis Medvedev & Eroshkina, 1999^[11]
• Trichochrysea truncata Medvedev & Sprecher-Uebersax, 1999^[17]
• Trichochrysea undulata Pic, 1926
• Trichochrysea variegata (Jacoby, 1889)
• Trichochrysea vestita Baly, 1861
• Trichochrysea viridilabris Heller, 1923
• Trichochrysea vitalisi (Berlioz, 1917)^[2]

Central Asian species:

• Trichochrysea amygdali (Ogloblin in Semenov & Ogloblin, 1941)
  • Trichochrysea amygdali amygdali (Ogloblin in Semenov & Ogloblin, 1941)
  • Trichochrysea amygdali nuratavica Lopatin, 1976
• Trichochrysea arnoldii (Medvedev, 1957)
• Trichochrysea occidentalis (Weise, 1887)

Synonyms:

• Trichochrysea bhamoensis Jacoby, 1908 (not T. bhamoensis (Jacoby, 1892)):^[3] renamed to Trichochrysea jacobyi Medvedev, 2001^[13]
• Trichochrysea celebensis (Jacoby, 1895): synonym of Trichochrysea hirta (Fabricius, 1801)^[18]
• Trichochrysea humeralis Pic, 1928: synonym of Trichochrysea cephalotes (Lefèvre, 1893)^[6]
• Trichochrysea gloriosa (Lefèvre, 1893): synonym of Trichochrysea aeneipennis (Lefèvre, 1890)
• Trichochrysea griseonotata Pic, 1936: possible synonym of Trichochrysea fasciata Chen, 1940^[6]
• Trichochrysea laosensis Pic, 1928: synonym of Trichochrysea hebe (Baly, 1864)^[6]
• Trichochrysea nitida (Jacoby, 1892): synonym of Trichochrysea clypeata (Jacoby, 1889)^[13]
• Trichochrysea severini Jacoby, 1900: synonym of Trichochrysea vestita Baly, 1861
• Trichochrysea splendida Achard, 1921: synonym of Trichochrysea hebe (Baly, 1864)^[2]
• Trichochrysea superba Pic, 1934: synonym of Trichochrysea mouhoti Baly, 1861^[2]
• Trichochrysea viridipes Pic, 1936: synonym of Trichochrysea cephalotes (Lefèvre, 1893)^[2]

Notes and References

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4. Moseyko. A. G.. 2012. О систематическом положении родов листоедов подсемейства Eumolpinae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) фауны Средней Азии. On the taxonomic position of the chrysomelid genera of the subfamily Eumolpinae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) from Middle Asia. XIV съезд Русского энтомологического общества. St. Petersburg. 297. Russian.
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9. 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.
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