Chrysochares asiaticus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
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: Chrysochares
Species: Chrysochares asiaticus
Name

Chrysochares asiaticus (Pallas, 1771)
Synonymy

Chrysomela asiatica Pallas, 1771: 463 [original combination]
Cryptocephalus sibiricus J.A. Frölich, 1792: 130
Eumolpus asiaticus (Pallas, 1771): Fabricius, 1801: 419
Chrysochus asiaticus (Pallas, 1771): Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836: 413 [as "Asiaticus. Fabr."]
Chrysochares asiaticus (Pallas, 1771): Morawitz, 1861: 160
Chrysochares aeneus Ballion, 1878: 377
Chrysochares asiaticus var. virens Weise, 1890: 366
Chrysochares asiaticus var. violaceomixtus Jacobson, 1894: 158
Chrysochares asiaticus var. coerulescens Jacobson, 1894: 158
Chrysochares asiaticus var. ignitus Jacobson, 1894: 158
Chrysochares asiaticus orientalis Lopatin, 1963: 300 [synonymized by Moseyko & Sprecher-Uebersax in Löbl & Smetana (2010): 81]

References
Primary references

Ballion, E. 1878. Verzeichniss der im Kreise von Kuldsha gesammelten Käfer. Bulletin de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou 53: 253–389. BHL. Reference page.
Chevrolat, L.A.A. 1836. [new taxa]. In: Dejean, P.F.M.A. Catalogue des Coléoptères de la collection de M. le comte Dejean. Deuxième édition. [Livraison 5]. Paris: Méquignon-Marvis Père et Fils. pp. 361–443. BHL. Reference page.
Fabricius, J.C. 1801. Systema eleutheratorum secundum ordines, genera, species: adiectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Tomus I. Impensis bibliopoli academici novi, Kiliae, 506 pp. Online. Reference page.
Frölich, J.A. 1792. Bemerkungen über einige seltene Käfer aus der Insectensammlung des Herrn Hofr. und Prof. Rudolph in Erlangen. Der Naturforscher 26: 68–165. Online version
Jacobson, G.G. 1894. Materialia ad cognitionem faunae Chrysomelidarum provinciae Astrachanensis. Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae 28: 152–160. BHL
Morawitz, F. 1861. Zur Kenntniss der russischen Eumolpiden. Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae 1: 159–164. BHL
Moseyko, A.G. & Sprecher-Uebersax, E. 2010. New nomenclatural and taxonomic acts, and comments. Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae. Pp. 80–83. In: Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark. 924 pp. DOI: 10.1163/9789004260917_003 Paywall. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2. Google Books. Reference page.
Pallas, P.S. 1771. Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des russischen Reichs. Erster Theil. Pp. [1–12], 1–504, Tab. I–XI [= 1–11], Tab. A–L. St. Petersburg. Kayserliche Academie der Wissenschaften. (Online) Reference page.
Weise, J. 1890. [new taxa]. In: Heyden, L.F.J.D. von: XIII. Beitrag zur Coleopteren-Fauna von Turkestan. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1890: 353–367. BHL

Additional references

Gressitt, J.L. & Kimoto, S. 1961. The Chrysomelidae (Coleopt.) of China and Korea, part 1. Pacific Insects Monograph 1A: 1–299. Google Books (Snippet view only). 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).
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.

Links

Chrysochares asiatica (Pall., 1776) - photo by O.I. Boroznov
Chrysochares asiaticus (Pallas, 1771). Chrysomelidae - The Leaf Beetles of Europe and the Mediterranean Subregion (Checklist and Iconography).

Vernacular names
русский: Листоед азиатский

Chrysochares asiaticus is a species of beetles belonging to the leaf beetle family, subfamily Eumolpinae.

Description

C. asiaticus reaches about 15–17 mm (0.59–0.67 in) in length. Its prototum is green or greenish-blue, while the elytra are purple-red, or sometimes blue with a green sheen. The tips of the antennae are black.
Distribution

C. asiaticus is distributed in Azerbaijan, southern European Russia, central Asia, Afghanistan, Mongolia, and Xinjiang (an autonomous region of China).[2]
References

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.

Nadein, K.; Ahmed, Z.; Sergeev, M. (2012). "Distributional notes on Chrysomelidae from Pakistan and Afghanistan (Coleoptera)" (PDF). Beiträge zur Entomologie. 62 (1): S225–S233.

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