Abirus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Cladus: Phytophaga
Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Eumolpinae
Tribus: Eumolpini
Genus: Abirus
Species: A. aeneus – A. andamansis – A. angustatus – A. apicalis – A. balyi – A. ceylonicus – A. coerulea – A. elegans – A. elongatus – A. flavopilosus – A. fortunei – A. globicollis – A. hageni – A. igneicollis – A. laticornis – A. philippinensis – A. piceipes – A. puberulus – A. rubripes – A. speciosus – A. subrugosus – A. tuberculipennis – A. vaksovi – A. violaceus – A. xishuangensis
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Name

Abirus Chapuis, 1874: 310

Type species: Cryptocephalus aeneus Wiedemann, 1821, by original designation.
References
Primary references

Chapuis, F. 1874. Tome dixième. Famille des phytophages. In: Lacordaire, J.T. & Chapuis, F. (eds) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Genera des coléoptères, ou exposé méthodique et critique de tous les genres proposés jusqu'ici dans cet ordre d'insectes. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. iv + 445 pp. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Clavareau, H. 1914. Pars 59: Chrysomelidae: 11. Eumolpinae. In: Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds.). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Volumen XXIV. Chrysomelidae I. Berlin: W. Junk. 215 pp. BHL. Reference page.
Jacoby, M. 1884. Descriptions of new genera and species of phytophagous Coleoptera from Sumatra. Notes from the Leyden Museum 6: 9–70. BHL.
Jacoby, M. 1884. Descriptions of new genera and species of phytophagous Coleoptera collected by Dr. B. Hagen at Serdang (East Sumatra). Notes from the Leyden Museum 6: 201–230. BHL.
Jacoby, M. 1895. Descriptions of new species of Phytophagous Coleoptera from the Indo- and Austro-Malayan-Regions. Entomologische Zeitung (Stettin) 56: 52–80. BHL.
Jacoby, M. 1908. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Coleoptera. Chrysomelidae. Vol. 1. London: Francis & Taylor. xx + 534 pp., 2 pls. Internet Archive. BHL Reference page.
Löbl, I. & Smetana, A.. 2010. Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 6, 2010. Index to species-group names. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark. 507 pp. Full article (PDF).
Medvedev, L.N. 2019. To the knowledge of Oriental leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Russian Entomological Journal 28(3): 282–285. DOI: 10.15298/rusentj.28.3.07 Open access. Reference page.
Medvedev, L.N. & Romantsov, P.V. 2014. New and poorly known Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) from Borneo. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A, Neue Serie 7: 235–251. PDF. Reference page.
Medvedev, L.N. & Takizawa, H. 2011. Leaf beetles of the subfamily Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from Bali, Indonesia. Serangga 16(1): 7–27. PDF. Reference page.
Mohamedsaid, M.S. 2004. Catalogue of the Malaysian Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). Series Faunistica 36. Sofia-Moscow: Pensoft Publishers. 239 pp. ISBN 954-642-201-0. ResearchGate Open access. Reference page.
Moseyko, A.G. & Sprecher-Uebersax, E. 2010. Subfamily Eumolpinae Hope, 1840. Pp. 619–643. In: Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark. 924 pp. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2. Google Books. Reference page.

Abirus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed from the Malay Archipelago to the Indian subcontinent, China, and the Ryukyu Islands.[2][3][4][5] The genus was first established by the Belgian entomologist Félicien Chapuis in 1874, as a split of Dermorhytis.
Species

The following species are placed in the genus:[6]

Abirus aeneus (Wiedemann, 1821)
Abirus andamansis Lefèvre, 1891[7]
Abirus angustatus Lefèvre, 1887
Abirus apicalis (Baly, 1867)[8]
Abirus balyi Medvedev, 2019[9]
Abirus ceylonicus Jacoby, 1908[5]
Abirus coerulea (Jacoby, 1877)[10]
Abirus elegans (Baly, 1864)[11]
Abirus elongatus Jacoby, 1908[5]
Abirus flavopilosus Jacoby, 1884[12]
Abirus fortunei (Baly, 1861)[13]
Abirus globicollis Lefèvre, 1890
Abirus hageni Lefèvre, 1887
Abirus igneicollis Jacoby, 1908[5]
Abirus laticornis Tan, 1982
Abirus philippinensis (Baly, 1867)[8]
Abirus piceipes (Baly, 1867)[8]
Abirus puberulus Lefèvre, 1876
Abirus rubripes Lefèvre, 1885[14]
Abirus speciosus Jacoby, 1895
Abirus subrugosus Jacoby, 1884[15]
Abirus tuberculipennis Lefèvre, 1885[14]
Abirus vaksovi Medvedev & Romantsov, 2014[16]
Abirus violaceus Jacoby, 1884[12]
Abirus xishuangensis Tan, 1982

Synonyms:

Abirus denticollis Lefèvre, 1893: synonym of Abirus fortunei (Baly, 1861)
Abirus granosus Lefèvre, 1893: synonym of Abirus fortunei (Baly, 1861)
Abirus harmandi Lefèvre, 1876: synonym of Abirus fortunei (Baly, 1861)
Abirus kiotoensis Pic, 1944: synonym of Abirus fortunei (Baly, 1861)
Abirus yashiroi Yuasa, 1930:[17] synonym of Abirus fortunei (Baly, 1861)

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.
Mohamedsaid, M. S. (2004). Catalogue of the Malaysian Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). Pensoft Series Faunistica. Vol. 36. Sofia: Pensoft Publishers. pp. 1–239. ISBN 9546422010. ISSN 1312-0174.
Medvedev, L. N.; Takizawa, H. (2011). "Leaf beetles of the subfamily Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from Bali, Indonesia". Serangga. 16 (1): 7–27.
Jacoby, M. (1908). Bingham, C. T. (ed.). Coleoptera. Chrysomelidae. Vol. 1. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. London: Taylor & Francis.
Clavareau, H. (1914). "Chrysomelidae: 11. Eumolpinae". In Junk, W.; Schenkling, S. (eds.). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 59. Berlin: W. Junk. pp. 1–215.
Lefèvre, E. (1891). "Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de Clytrides et d'Eumolpides". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 35: CCXLVIII–CCLXXIX.
Baly, J. S. (1867). "Phytophaga Malayana; a revision of the phytophagous beetles of the Malay Archipelago, with descriptions of the new species collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 3. 4: 1–300. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1866.tb01857.x.
Medvedev, L.N. (2019). "To the knowledge of Oriental leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Russian Entomological Journal. 28 (3): 282–285. doi:10.15298/rusentj.28.3.07.
Jacoby, M. (1877). "Descriptions of new species of Phytophagous Coleoptera". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1877: 510–520.
Baly, J. S. (1864). Descriptions of new genera and species of Phytophaga. Stationer's Hall: J.S. Baly.
Jacoby, M. (1884). "Descriptions of new genera and species of Phytophagous Coleoptera from Sumatra". Notes from the Leyden Museum. 6: 9–70.
Baly, J. S. (1861). "Descriptions of new genera and species of Phytophaga". The Journal of Entomology. 1: 275–302.
Lefèvre, É. (1885). "Eumolpidarum hucusque cognitarum catalogus, sectionum conspectu systematico, generum sicut et specierum nonnullarum novarum descriptionibus adjunctis". Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège. 2. 11 (16): 1–172.
Jacoby, M. (1884). "Descriptions of new genera and species of phytophagous Coleoptera collected by Dr. B. Hagen at Serdang (East Sumatra)". Notes from the Leyden Museum. 6: 201–230.
Medvedev, L.; Romantsov, P. (2014). "New and poorly known Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) from Borneo" (PDF). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. A, Neue Serie. 7: 235–251. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-04-06. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
Yuasa, H. (1930). "Two new Species of Eumolpid-beetles noxious to the Mulberry-tree in the Liu-kiu Islands". Proceedings of the Imperial Academy. 6 (7): 293–295. doi:10.2183/pjab1912.6.293.