Damasus (beetle)

Damasus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Eumolpinae
Tribe:	Bromiini
Genus:	Damasus; Chapuis, 1874[1]
Species:	D. albicans
Binomial name
	Damasus albicans; Chapuis, 1874[1]

Damasus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It contains only one species, Damasus albicans, which is distributed in Syria and Turkey.[2][3] It was first described by the Belgian entomologist Félicien Chapuis in 1874.

References

Chapuis, F. (1874). "Tome dixième. Famille des phytophages". In Lacordaire, J.T.; Chapuis, F. (eds.). Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Genera des coléoptères. Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. pp. i–iv, 1–455.
Moseyko, A. G.; Sprecher-Uebersax, E. (2010). "Eumolpinae". In Löbl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. pp. 619–643. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2.
Aslan, İ.; Gruev, B.; Özbek, H. (1996). "Eumolpinae (Coleoptera, Chıysomelidae) of Turkey along with two new records". Turkish Journal of Entomology. 20 (1): 19–26.

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[Chapuis1874-1] Chapuis, F. (1874). "Tome dixième. Famille des phytophages". In Lacordaire, J.T.; Chapuis, F. (eds.). Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Genera des coléoptères. Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. pp. i–iv, 1–455.

[2] Moseyko, A. G.; Sprecher-Uebersax, E. (2010). "Eumolpinae". In Löbl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. pp. 619–643. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2.

[3] Aslan, İ.; Gruev, B.; Özbek, H. (1996). "Eumolpinae (Coleoptera, Chıysomelidae) of Turkey along with two new records". Turkish Journal of Entomology. 20 (1): 19–26.