Acronymolpus

Acronymolpus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. They are endemic to New Caledonia. There are two species placed in the genus, both of which are sexually dimorphic; the females are large and reddish, and the males are small and black.[2]

Acronymolpus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Eumolpini
Genus: Acronymolpus
Samuelson, 2015[1]
Type species
Acronymolpus joliveti
( = Stethotes jourdani Jolivet, Verma & Mille, 2013)
Samuelson, 2015[1]
Species
  • Acronymolpus bertiae
  • Acronymolpus jourdani

Taxonomy

Acronymolpus was first proposed by Dr. G. Allan Samuelson of the Bishop Museum, who published a description of the genus in the online journal ZooKeys in 2015. The genus originally contained four new species, all described by the same author.[1] However, these four species were later found to be the female and male forms of two previously described species placed in Stethotes. These two Stethotes species were then transferred to Acronymolpus in 2017, taking priority over the original four species placed in the genus.[2]

Species

The genus Acronymolpus includes two species:[2]

  • Acronymolpus bertiae (Jolivet, Verma & Mille, 2007)[3] (Synonyms: A. meteorus Samuelson, 2015; A. turbo Samuelson, 2015)
  • Acronymolpus jourdani (Jolivet, Verma & Mille, 2013)[4] (Synonyms: A. gressitti Samuelson, 2015; A. joliveti Samuelson, 2015)

References
  1. Samuelson, G. A. (2015). "Acronymolpus, a new genus of Eumolpinae, endemic to New Caledonia (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)". ZooKeys (547): 93–102. doi:10.3897/zookeys.547.9698. PMC 4714335. PMID 26798316.
  2. Gómez-Zurita, J. (2017). "Insights on the genus Acronymolpus Samuelson with new synonymies and exclusion of Stethotes Baly from the fauna of New Caledonia (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae)". ZooKeys (720): 65–75. doi:10.3897/zookeys.720.13582. PMC 5740434. PMID 29290725.
  3. Jolivet, P.; Verma, K.K.; Mille, C. (2007). "New Genera and Species of Eumolpinae from New Caledonia (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Revue Française d'Entomologie. Nouvelle Série. 29 (2–3): 77–92.
  4. Jolivet, P.; Verma, K.K.; Mille, C. (2013). "New and known leaf beetles collected in Mont Panié in 2010 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae)". Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie. 29 (3–4): 141–154.


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