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Rhyparida

Rhyparida is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is mainly distributed in the Australasian, Oceanian and Indomalayan realms. It is most species-rich in Australia (about 100 species) and New Guinea (about 90 species), and reaches as far east as Samoa. Two species are also known from the African islands of Madagascar and Seychelles.

Description

In general appearance, beetles of this genus are 3-5 mm long, shiny, and black or brown in colour.

Among Australian Eumolpinae, Rhyparida can be distinguished by the following features: head with groove above or along inner margin of eyes, sides of pronotal disc never swollen, head and pronotum with simple concave setiferous punctures, mid and hind tibiae excavate for about the last third of the outer margin and this excavation is fringed with stiff setae, tarsal claws bifid.

Species

The following species are placed in the genus:

Renamed species:

  • Rhyparida apicipennis <small>Lea, 1915</small> (preoccupied by R. apicipennis <small>Jacoby, 1898</small>): renamed to Rhyparida leana <small>Gomez-Zurita, 2011</small>
  • Rhyparida basileptoides <small>Chûjô, 1956</small> (preoccupied by R. basileptoides <small>Weise, 1923</small>): renamed to Rhyparida formosana <small>Aslam, 1968</small>
  • Rhyparida bimaculata <small>Jacoby, 1898</small> (preoccupied by R. bimaculata <small>Jacoby, 1889</small>): renamed to Rhyparida bimaculipennis <small>Achard, 1914</small>
  • Rhyparida megalops <small>(Chen, 1935)</small> (preoccupied by R. megalops <small>Lea, 1915</small>): renamed to Rhyparida faitsilongi <small>Romantsov & Moseyko, 2016</small>
  • Rhyparida nigripes <small>Jacoby, 1898</small> (preoccupied by R. nigripes <small>(Lefèvre, 1885)</small>): renamed to Rhyparida eunigripes <small>Moseyko & Medvedev, 2005</small>
  • Rhyparida obliterata <small>Weise, 1910</small> (preoccupied by R. obliterata <small>Baly, 1867</small>): renamed to Rhyparida subdeleta <small>Weise, 1914</small>
  • Rhyparida pallida <small>Jacoby, 1898</small> (preoccupied by R. pallidus <small>(Lefèvre, 1890)</small>): renamed to Rhyparida eupallida <small>Moseyko & Medvedev, 2005</small>
  • Rhyparida pallidula <small>Weise, 1922</small> (preoccupied by R. pallidula <small>Lea, 1915</small>): renamed to Rhyparida weiseana <small>Gomez-Zurita, 2011</small>
  • Rhyparida prosternalis <small>Lea, 1915</small> (preoccupied by R. prosternalis <small>Jacoby, 1894</small>): renamed to Rhyparida reiterata <small>Gomez-Zurita, 2011</small>

Synonyms:

Species moved to Deretrichia:

  • Rhyparida alternata <small>Baly, 1864</small>
  • Rhyparida andaiensis <small>Jacoby, 1894</small> (as andannensis?)
  • Rhyparida approximata <small>Baly, 1867</small>
  • Rhyparida bipustulata <small>Baly, 1867</small>
  • Rhyparida brunnea <small>Baly, 1867</small>
  • Rhyparida frontalis <small>Baly, 1867</small>
  • Rhyparida inornata <small>Baly, 1864</small>
  • Rhyparida intermedia <small>Baly, 1867</small>
  • Rhyparida laevifrons <small>Jacoby, 1884</small>
  • Rhyparida laticollis <small>Baly, 1867</small>
  • Rhyparida plebeja <small>Jacoby, 1894</small>
  • Rhyparida rothschildi <small>Jacoby, 1894</small>
  • Rhyparida semipunctata <small>Baly, 1867</small>
  • Rhyparida separata <small>Baly, 1867</small>
  • Rhyparida sordida <small>Baly, 1864</small>
  • Rhyparida sulcicollis <small>Baly, 1867</small>
  • Rhyparida tibialis <small>Baly, 1867</small>
  • Rhyparida timorensis <small>Jacoby, 1894</small>
  • Rhyparida variabilis <small>Baly, 1867</small>

Species moved to Tricliona:

  • Rhyparida armata <small>Jacoby, 1889</small>
  • Rhyparida bengalensis <small>Jacoby, 1908</small>
  • Rhyparida episternalis <small>Weise, 1922</small>
  • Rhyparida quinquemaculata <small>Jacoby, 1887</small>
  • Rhyparida raapi <small>Jacoby, 1899</small>

Species moved to other genera:

  • Rhyparida buxtoni <small>Bryant, 1936</small>: moved to Rhyparidella
  • Rhyparida picta <small>Baly, 1867</small>: moved to Phainodina
  • Rhyparida subdeleta <small>Weise, 1914</small>: moved to Ivongius

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