Eumolpus

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: Eumolpinae
Tribus: Eumolpini
Genus: Eumolpus
Species (40): E. alutaceus – E. antonius – E. ardens – E. australis – E. bucki – E. caesareus – E. caryophorus – E. clavipalpus – E. corrientinus – E. cupreus – E. cyaneus – E. divisus – E. episternalis – E. franciscus – E. fulgidus – E. gigas – E. glaberrimus – E. ignitus – E. incisellus – E. insulatus – E. itataiensis – E. janus – E. mauliki – E. minutus – E. nitidus – E. olivieri – E. opacus – E. oppositus – E. oreinoides – E. palpalis – E. pereirai – E. polychromus – E. robustus – E. separatus – E. sigmus – E. sophiae – E. surinamensis – E. tafti – E. truncatus – E. viriditarsis

[source: Springlova de Bechyné (1960)]
Name

Eumolpus Weber, 1801: 28 [conserved name]

Type species: Chrysomela ignita Fabricius, 1787, by subsequent designation by Hope (1840: 162).

Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 2298.
Synonyms

Endoxus Kirby, 1837: 209 [described as subgenus of Eumolpus]
Type species: Chrysomela ignita Fabricius, 1787, by original designation.
Alphites Chapuis, 1874: 239
Type species: Alphites clavipalpus Chapuis, 1874, by monotypy.

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.
Hope, F.W. 1840. The coleopterist's manual, part the third, containing various families, genera, and species, of beetles, recorded by Linneus and Fabricius. Also, descriptions of newly discovered and unpublished insects. London : J.C. Bridgewater and Bowdery & Kerby. 191 pp. + 3 pls. BHL Reference page.
ICZN. 2012. Opinion 2298 (Case 3519). Eumolpus Weber, 1801, Chrysochus Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836 and Bromius Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836 (Insecta, Coleoptera, CHRYSOMELIDAE): usage conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 69(2): 147–149. DOI: 10.21805/bzn.v69i2.a6 Paywall. Reference page.
Kirby, W. 1837. The insects. In: Richardson J. (Ed.), Fauna boreali-Americana; or the zoology of the northern parts of British America: containing descriptions of the objects of natural history collected on the late northern land expeditions, under command of Captain Sir John Franklin, RN. Part 4. J. Fletcher, Norwich; 325 + [2] pp., 8 pls. BHL Reference page.
Weber, F. 1801. Observationes entomologicae, continentes novorum quae condidit generum characteres, et nuper detectarum specierum descriptiones. Impensis Bibliopolii Academici Novi, Kiliae. xii + 116 pp. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Riley, E.G., Clark, S.M. & Seeno, T.N. 2003. Catalog of the leaf beetles of America North of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopididae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Coleopterists Society, Special Publication No. 1. Sacramento, CA. 290 pp. ISBN 978-0-9726087-1-8. PDF. Reference page.
Špringlová, B. 1960. Essai monographique du genre Eumolpus (Coleoptera Phytophaga). Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Mémoires (Deuxième Série) 60: 1–79. PDF. Reference page.

Links

ZooBank: act:E6F3FF12-74AA-482E-B126-FC9E2AE8E9F0
Subfamily Eumolpinae (Chrysomelidae) – Atlas of leaf beetles of Russia.
Eumolpus Weber, 1801 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Eumolpus. Chrysomelidae @ MIZA.

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), and the genus is not found in the Caribbean.

Etymology

The name of the genus is either derived from the Ancient Greek εὔμολπος (eúmolpos),[4] or is named after Eumolpus from Greek mythology, who was the son of Poseidon and Chione.[5]
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 Weber, 1801, Chrysochus Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836 and Bromius Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836 by suppressing the name Eumolpus Illiger, 1798, and to set aside all type species designations for Eumolpus before Hope's designation of Chrysomela ignitus Fabricius, 1787 in 1840.[6] This was accepted by the ICZN in 2012.[7]
Gallery

Eumolpus ignitus

Species

The following species are described in Eumolpus:[8][9][10]

Eumolpus alutaceus Germar, 1824
Eumolpus antonius Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus ardens Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus australis Baly, 1877[11]
Eumolpus bucki Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus caesareus Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus caryophorus Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus clavipalpus (Chapuis, 1874)[2][12]
Eumolpus clavipalpus clavipalpus (Chapuis, 1874)
Eumolpus clavipalpus sigmulus Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus corrientinus Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus corrientinus corrientinus Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus corrientinus humeralis Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus cupreus Olivier, 1808
Eumolpus cupreus cupreus Olivier, 1808
Eumolpus cupreus paulus Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus cyaneus (Sulzer, 1776)
Eumolpus divisus Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus divisus divisus Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus divisus laevipleurus Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus divisus ludicrus Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus divisus purpurascens Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus divisus recticollis Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus episternalis Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus franciscus Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus franciscus fortis Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus franciscus fortissimus Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus franciscus franciscus Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus fulgidus Weber, 1801[1]
Eumolpus gigas (Herbst, 1784)
Eumolpus glaberrimus (Gmelin, 1788)
Eumolpus glaberrimus glaberrimus (Gmelin, 1788)
Eumolpus glaberrimus tapajosensis Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus glaberrimus tinctipes Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus ignitus (Fabricius, 1787)
Eumolpus incisellus Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus insulatus Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus itataiensis Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus itataiensis itataiensis Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus itataiensis planicollis Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus janus Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus mauliki Papp, 1952[13]
Eumolpus minutus Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus minutus aureolus Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus minutus minutus Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus nitidus Baly, 1877[11]
Eumolpus nitidus facilis Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus nitidus nitidus Baly, 1877
Eumolpus olivieri Clavareau, 1914[14]
Eumolpus opacus Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus opacus ablatus Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus opacus grandis Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus opacus opacus Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus oppositus Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus oreinoides Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus palpalis Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus pereirai Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus polychromus Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus robustus (Horn, 1885) [15][16][17]
Eumolpus separatus Baly, 1877[11]
Eumolpus sigmus Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus sophiae Kolbe, 1901
Eumolpus surinamensis (Fabricius, 1775)
Eumolpus surinamensis forcipatus Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus surinamensis maracayus Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus surinamensis surinamensis (Fabricius, 1775)
Eumolpus surinamensis viridanus Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus tafti Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus truncatus Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus viriditarsis Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus viriditarsis crassus Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus viriditarsis panamae Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus viriditarsis pebasus Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus viriditarsis rudis Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus viriditarsis scintillans Špringlová, 1960
Eumolpus viriditarsis viriditarsis Špringlová, 1960

Unpublished species(?):

Eumolpus candens Germar[18][19]

Species now placed in Longeumolpus:[10]

Eumolpus carinatus Baly, 1877[11]
Eumolpus imperialis Baly, 1877[11][20]
Eumolpus prasinus Erichson, 1847
Eumolpus speciosus Baly, 1877[11]
Eumolpus subcostatus (Lefèvre, 1885)

References

Weber, F. (1801). Observationes entomologicae, continentes novorum quae condidit generum characteres, et nuper detectarum specierum descriptiones. Kiliae: Impensis Bibliopolii Academici Novi. pp. i–xii, 1–116.
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.
Kirby, W. (1837). "The insects". In Richardson, J. (ed.). Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the zoology of the northern parts of British America: containing descriptions of the objects of natural history collected on the late northern land expeditions, under command of Captain Sir John Franklin, RN. Part the fourth and last. Norwich.: J. Fletcher. p. 209.
Chevrolat, L.A.A. (1844). "Eumolpus". Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle. 5. Paris: MM. Renard, Martinet et Cie. p. 496–497.
"Genus: Eumolpus". BugGuide. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
Moseyko, A.G.; Sprecher-Uebersax, E.; Löbl, I. (2010). "Case 3519 Eumolpus Weber, 1801, Chrysochus Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836 and Bromius Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836 (Insecta, Coleoptera, chrysomelidae): proposed conservation of usage". The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 67 (3): 218–224. doi:10.21805/bzn.v67i3.a10. S2CID 83763033.
ICZN (2012). "Opinion 2298 (Case 3519) Eumolpus Weber, 1801, Chrysochus Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836 and Bromius Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836 (Insecta, Coleoptera, chrysomelidae): usage conserved". The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 69 (2): 147–149. doi:10.21805/bzn.v69i2.a6. S2CID 83692416. "The Commission has conserved the usage of the generic names Eumolpus Weber, 1801, Chrysochus Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836 and Bromius Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836 by suppressing the name Eumolpus Illiger, 1798."
Biolib
Bechyné, J. (1953). "Katalog der neotropischen Eumolpiden (Col. Phytoph. Chrysomeloidea)". Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey (in German). 4: 26–303.
Špringlová, B. (1960). "Essai monographique du genre Eumolpus (Coleoptera Phytophaga)" (PDF). Memoirs of the Royal Institute of Natural Sciences of Belgium. 2. 60: 3–79.
Baly, J. S. (1877). "Descriptions of new species of phytophagous beetles belonging to the family Eumolpidae; and a monograph of the genus Eumolpus". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1877 (1): 37–56.
Lefèvre, E. (1884). "[Les rectifications concernant la famille des Eumolpides]". Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France: XLV–XLVI.
Papp, C. S. (1952). "Neubeschreibungen über einige Chrysomeliden aus Südamerika (Coleopt.)". Acta Zoologica Lilloana. 10: 291–298.
Clavareau, H. (1914). "Chrysomelidae: 11. Eumolpinae". In Junk, W.; Schenkling, S. (eds.). Coleopterorum Catalogus. 59. Berlin: W. Junk. pp. 1–215.
Bug Guide
ITIS
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