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Eumolpus (beetle)

Eumolpus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It includes 40 species, most of which have a large size and include some of the largest members of the subfamily. They are distributed throughout the Neotropical realm, though one species (Eumolpus robustus) has been recorded as far north as Arizona (in the United States).

Etymology

The name of the genus is either derived from the Ancient Greek (eúmolpos), or is named after Eumolpus from Greek mythology, who was the son of Poseidon and Chione.

Taxonomic history

The genus in its current sense is attributed to Weber, 1801. However, the name Eumolpus was first used in Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger's Verzeichniß der Käfer Preußens in 1798, where it was attributed to Johann Gottlieb Kugelann, and originally consisted of European species now placed in the genera Chrysochus and Bromius.

While most authors followed Weber, 1801, some recent European entomologists have followed Warchałowski, who synonymised Chrysochus with Eumolpus in 1993, designating Chrysomela praetiosa as the type species of Eumolpus. This designation by Warchałowski was invalid, since Latreille had designated Cryptocephalus vitis as the type species of Eumolpus in 1810, which placed Bromius in synonymy with Eumolpus. This threatened stability for Eumolpus, Bromius and Chrysochus.

In 2010, an application was made to the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature to conserve the names Eumolpus <small>Weber, 1801</small>, Chrysochus <small>Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836</small> and Bromius <small>Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836</small> by suppressing the name Eumolpus <small>Illiger, 1798</small>, and to set aside all type species designations for Eumolpus before Hope's designation of Chrysomela ignita <small>Fabricius, 1787</small> in 1840. This was accepted by the ICZN in 2012.

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Species

The following species are described in Eumolpus:

  • Eumolpus alutaceus <small>Germar, 1824</small> – Brazil
  • Eumolpus antonius <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small> – Brazil
  • Eumolpus ardens <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small> – Brazil
  • Eumolpus australis <small>Baly, 1877</small> – Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia
  • Eumolpus bucki <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small> – Argentina, Uruaguay, Paraguay, Brazil
  • Eumolpus caesareus <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small> – Brazil
  • Eumolpus caryophorus <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small> – Brazil
  • Eumolpus clavipalpus <small>(Chapuis, 1874)</small>
  • Eumolpus clavipalpus clavipalpus <small>(Chapuis, 1874)</small> – Brazil
  • Eumolpus clavipalpus sigmulus <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small> – Brazil
  • Eumolpus corrientinus <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small>
  • Eumolpus corrientinus corrientinus <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small> – Argentina
  • Eumolpus corrientinus humeralis <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small> – Paraguay
  • Eumolpus cupreus <small>Olivier, 1808</small>
  • Eumolpus cupreus cupreus <small>Olivier, 1808</small> – Brazil
  • Eumolpus cupreus paulus <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small> – Brazil
  • Eumolpus cyaneus <small>(Sulzer, 1776)</small> – Brazil
  • Eumolpus divisus <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small>
  • Eumolpus divisus divisus <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small> – Brazil
  • Eumolpus divisus laevipleurus <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small> – Brazil
  • Eumolpus divisus ludicrus <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small> – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Bolivia
  • Eumolpus divisus purpurascens <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small> – Argentina
  • Eumolpus divisus recticollis <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small> – Argentina
  • Eumolpus episternalis <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small> – Brazil
  • Eumolpus franciscus <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small>
  • Eumolpus franciscus fortis <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small> – Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina
  • Eumolpus franciscus fortissimus <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small> – Brazil
  • Eumolpus franciscus franciscus <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small> – Bolivia
  • Eumolpus fulgidus <small>Weber, 1801</small> – Brazil
  • Eumolpus gigas <small>(Herbst, 1784)</small> – French Guiana, Brazil
  • Eumolpus glaberrimus <small>(Gmelin, 1788)</small>
  • Eumolpus glaberrimus glaberrimus <small>(Gmelin, 1788)</small> – Trinidad, Guianas
  • Eumolpus glaberrimus tapajosensis <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small> – Brazil
  • Eumolpus glaberrimus tinctipes <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small> – Brazil
  • Eumolpus ignitus <small>(Fabricius, 1787)</small> – Brazil
  • Eumolpus incisellus <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small> – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Bolivia
  • Eumolpus insulatus <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small> – Paraguay
  • Eumolpus itataiensis <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small>
  • Eumolpus itataiensis itataiensis <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small> – Brazil
  • Eumolpus itataiensis planicollis <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small> – Brazil
  • Eumolpus janus <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small> – Brazil
  • Eumolpus mauliki <small>Papp, 1952</small> – Brazil
  • Eumolpus minutus <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small>
  • Eumolpus minutus aureolus <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small> – Paraguay, Brazil
  • Eumolpus minutus minutus <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small> – Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil
  • Eumolpus nitidus <small>Baly, 1877</small>
  • Eumolpus nitidus facilis <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small> – Guianas
  • Eumolpus nitidus nitidus <small>Baly, 1877</small> – Brazil
  • Eumolpus olivieri <small>Clavareau, 1914</small> – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
  • Eumolpus opacus <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small>
  • Eumolpus opacus ablatus <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small> – Bolivia, Peru, Brazil,
  • Eumolpus opacus grandis <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small> – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
  • Eumolpus opacus opacus <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small> – Brazil
  • Eumolpus oppositus <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small> – Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina
  • Eumolpus oreinoides <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small> – Brazil
  • Eumolpus palpalis <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small> – Ecuador
  • Eumolpus pereirai <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small> – Brazil
  • Eumolpus polychromus <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small> – Brazil
  • Eumolpus robustus <small>(Horn, 1885)</small> – United States (Arizona), Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica
  • Eumolpus separatus <small>Baly, 1877</small> – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
  • Eumolpus sigmus <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small> – Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil
  • Eumolpus sophiae <small>Kolbe, 1901</small> – Colombia, Venezuela
  • Eumolpus surinamensis <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small>
  • Eumolpus surinamensis forcipatus <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small> – Peru
  • Eumolpus surinamensis maracayus <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small> – Venezuela, Colombia
  • Eumolpus surinamensis surinamensis <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small> – Trinidad, Guianas
  • Eumolpus surinamensis viridanus <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small> – Brazil
  • Eumolpus tafti <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small> – Brazil
  • Eumolpus truncatus <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small> – Brazil
  • Eumolpus viriditarsis <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small>
  • Eumolpus viriditarsis crassus <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small> – Bolivia
  • Eumolpus viriditarsis panamae <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small> – Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica
  • Eumolpus viriditarsis pebasus <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small> – Peru
  • Eumolpus viriditarsis rudis <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small> – Ecuador, Peru
  • Eumolpus viriditarsis scintillans <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small> – Peru
  • Eumolpus viriditarsis viriditarsis <small>Å pringlová, 1960</small> – Colombia, Peru, Brazil

Species now placed in Longeumolpus:

  • Eumolpus carinatus <small>Baly, 1877</small>
  • Eumolpus imperialis <small>Baly, 1877</small>
  • Eumolpus prasinus <small>Erichson, 1847</small>
  • Eumolpus speciosus <small>Baly, 1877</small>
  • Eumolpus subcostatus <small>(Lefèvre, 1885)</small>

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