Coptocephala

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
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Cladus: Phytophaga
Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Cryptocephalinae
Tribus: Clytrini
Subtribus: Clytrina
Genus: Coptocephala
Species: C. aeneopicta – C. arcasi – C. bechynei – C. bistrinotata – C. brevicornis – C. chalybaea – C. coptocephaloides – C. crassipes – C. cyanocephala – C. dedicata – C. destinoi – C. dilatipes – C. dubia – C. fallaciosa – C. fossulata – C. gebleri – C. hellenica – C. hissarica – C. kabakovi – C. lefevrei – C. maharensis – C. maidaquensis – C. massiliensis – C. normandi – C. orientalis – C. panousei – C. peresi – C. perrisi – C. plagiocephala – C. postmaculata – C. proxima – C. raffrayi – C. rubicunda – C. rungsi – C. scopolina – C. sefrensis – C. simillima – C. tani – C. unicolor – C. unifasciata – C. xiangchengensis – C. zhaosuensis
Name

Coptocephala Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836: 419

Type species: Chrysomela scopolina Linnaeus, 1767, by subsequent designation by Desmarest, 1860: 345.
Synonyms

Ecphorastes Gistel, 1856: 380 [syn. Bezděk, 2020: 177]
Type species: Chrysomela scopolina Linnaeus, 1767, by monotypy.

Coptocephala scopolina

References
Primary references

Bezděk, J. 2020. Review of the genus-level names proposed by Johannes Gistel in Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 60(1): 173–188. DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2020.011 Open access. 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.
Gistel, J.N.F.X. 1856. Die Mysterien der europäischen Insectenwelt. Ein geheimer Schlüssel für Sammler aller Insecten-Ordnungen und Stände, behufs des Fangs, des Aufenhalts-Orts, der Wohnung, Tag- und Jahreszeit u.s.w., oder autoptische Darstellung des Insectenstaats in seinem Zusammenhange zum Bestehen des Naturhaushaltes überhaupt und insbesondere in seinem Einflusse auf die phanerogamische und cryptogamische Pflanzenberöltzerrung Europa’s. Zum ersten Male nach 25 jährigen eigenen Erfahrungen zusammengestellt und herausgegeben. Kempten: T. Dannheimer, xii + 530 + [2] pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.65996. Reference page.

Additional references

Bezděk, J. 2018. Contribution to the knowledge of the Clytrini of the eastern mediterranean, the near east and the Arabian peninsula, with descriptions of four new species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae). European Journal of Taxonomy (481): 1–37. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.481 Open access. Reference page.
Bezděk, J. & Regalin, R. 2015. Identity of species-group taxa of the Western Palaearctic Clytrini (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) described by Maurice Pic and Louis Kocher. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55(supplementum): 1–114. PDF. Reference page.
Kantner, F. & Bezděk, J. 2007. Contribution to the knowledge of Clytrinae from Maharashtra state, India (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Genus: 18(2): 247–270. PDF.
Löbl, I. & Smetana, A.. 2011. Errata to Volumes 1 to 6. Pp. 23–63. In: Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 7. Curculionoidea I. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark. 373 pp. ISBN 978-87-88757-93-4. Google Books.
Regalin, R. & Medvedev, L.N. 2010. Cryptocephalinae: Clytrini. Pp. 564–579. 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.

Coptocephala is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae.[1] The genus was first described by Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat in 1836.[2]

The species of this genus are found in Eurasia and Africa.[1]
Species

Coptocephala arcasi Báguena, 1960
Coptocephala brevicornis (Lefèvre, 1872)
Coptocephala chalybaea (Germar, 1824)
Coptocephala crassipes Lefèvre, 1876
Coptocephala cyanocephala (Lacordaire, 1848)
Coptocephala fossulata Lefèvre, 1872
Coptocephala gebleri Gebler, 1841
Coptocephala hellenica Warchalowski, 1991
Coptocephala linnaeana Petitpierre & Alonso-Zarazaga, 2000
Coptocephala plagiocephala (Fabricius, 1792)
Coptocephala raffrayi (Desbrochers des Loges, 1870)
Coptocephala rubicunda (Laichardting, 1781)
Coptocephala scopolina (Linnaeus, 1767)
Coptocephala unicolor (Lucas, 1845)
Coptocephala unifasciata (Scopoli, 1763)
Coptocephala volatica Normand, 1949

References

"Coptocephala Chevrolat, 1837". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
Bousquet, Yves; Bouchard, Patrice (2013). "The genera in the second catalogue (1833–1836) of Dejean's Coleoptera collection". ZooKeys (282): 1–219. doi:10.3897/zookeys.282.4401. PMC 3677338. PMID 23794836.