Chloropterus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in Eastern Europe, West to Central Asia and North Africa.
The genus was originally established under the name Heterocnemis by the Russian entomologist Ferdinand Morawitz in 1860 for a single species, Heterocnemis versicolor. However, the name Heterocnemis had already been used for a genus of flower chafers (Cetoniinae), so Morawitz renamed his genus to Chloropterus the following year.
Species
- Chloropterus bimaculatus <small>(Raffray, 1873)</small> â Algeria, Morocco
- Chloropterus fiorii <small>Ruffo, 1965</small> â Libya
- Chloropterus grandis <small>Weise, 1889</small> â Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China (Xinjiang), Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Russia (west Siberia)
- Chloropterus inornatus <small>(Chen, 1935)</small> â China (Xinjiang)
- Chloropterus lefevrei <small>Reitter, 1890</small>
- Chloropterus lefevrei arabicus <small>Lopatin, 2008</small> â United Arab Emirates
- Chloropterus lefevrei lefevrei <small>Reitter, 1890</small> â Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
- Chloropterus mateui <small>(Selman, 1969)</small> â Algeria
- Chloropterus moldaviensis <small>Pic, 1909</small> â Romania
- Chloropterus ornatus <small>Lopatin, 1984</small> â Iran, Iraq
- Chloropterus pallidus <small>Chobaut, 1898</small> â Algeria
- Chloropterus persicus <small>(Baly, 1878)</small> â Iran
- Chloropterus politus <small>Berti & Rapilly, 1973</small> â Iran, Oman
- Chloropterus stigmaticollis <small>Fairmaire, 1875</small> â Tunisia
- Chloropterus unguiculatus <small>Lopatin, 1977</small> â Tajikistan
- Chloropterus versicolor <small>(Morawitz, 1860)</small> â Ukraine, southern European Russia, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan
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