Luperus

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: Galerucinae
Tribus: Luperini
Subtribus: Luperina
Genus: Luperus
Species: L. abdominalis – L. abeillei – L. acutipennis – L. aetolicus – L. alpicus – L. antennalis – L. armeniacus – L. biraghii – L. buonloicus – L. calabricus – L. caucasicus – L. cavicollis – L. cyanipennis – L. discolor – L. diversepunctatus – L. dmitrii – L. doeberli – L. ehnbergi – L. fiorii – L. flaviceps – L. flavilabris – L. flavimanus – L. flavipennis – L. flavipes – L. floralis – L. graecus – L. kiesenwetteri – L. kiritshenkoi – L. klimenkoi – L. kusanagii – L. laricis – L. leonardii – L. longicornis – L. luperus – L. maculicornis – L. margaritae – L. maroccanus – L. mauritanicus – L. moorii – L. nigripes – L. panfilovi – L. perlucidus – L. pulchellus – L. pygmaeus – L. pyrenaeus – L. ragusai – L. rectangulus – L. revelieri – L. rhilensis – L. rugifrons – L. saxonicus – L. semiflavus – L. seminiger – L. sichuanus – L. silfverbergi – L. similis – L. sulphuripes – L. turkestanicus – L. uenoi – L. variabilis – L. vietnamicus – L. viridipennis – L. vitalei – L. xanthopoda – L. yunnanus

Now in Pseudergana: L. biplagiatus
Name

Luperus Geoffroy, 1762: 230

Gender: masculine.

Type species: Chrysomela flavipes Linnaeus, 1767, by designation under the plenary powers (ICZN, 1984).

Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 1273.
Synonyms

Lyperus Billberg, 1820: 57 [syn. Bezděk & Biondi (2018: 186)]
Type species: Chrysomela flavipes Linnaeus, 1767, by subsequent designation by Bezděk & Biondi (2018: 186).

References
Primary references

Bezděk, J. & Biondi, M. 2018. On the generic names proposed in Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) by Gustaf Johan Billberg. Zootaxa 4422(2): 184–190. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4422.2.2 Paywall Reference page.
Billberg, G.J. 1820. Enumeratio insectorum in museo Gust. Joh. Billberg. Stockholm, 138 pp. BHL Reference page.
Geoffroy, E.L. 1762. Histoire abrégée des insectes qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris; dans laquelle ces animaux sont rangés suivant un ordre méthodique. Tome premier. Durand, Paris. xxviii + 523 pp., 10 pls. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.14710. BHL. Reference page.
ICZN 1984. Opinion 1273. Anaspis, Luperus, Lampyris and Clerus (Insecta, Coleoptera): Determination of authorship and fixation of type species. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 41: 28–31. BHL. Reference page.

Additional references

Beenen, R. 2010. Galerucinae Latreille, 1802. Pp. 443–491. 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.
Beenen, R. 2019. Faunistic, taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on Palaearctic Galerucinae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) with description of six new species and a new genus. Entomologische Blätter und Coleoptera 115: 1–20. [not seen]
Bezděk, J. 2015. A review of palaearctic Scelolyperus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae), with description of S. perreus sp. nov. from Turkey. Annales Zoologici 65(1): 21–39. DOI: 10.3161/00034541ANZ2015.65.1.003 Paywall. ResearchGate Open access.
Medvedev, L.N. 2011. Некоторые вопросы таксономии и номенклатуры листоедов (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) России [On taxonomy and nomenclature of leaf beetle species (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) of Russia]. Euroasian Entomological Journal 10(4): 475–478 [in Russian, with English summary]. Abstract.
Medvedev, L.N. 2012. New species of Luperus Geoffroi, 1762 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) from China and Vietnam. Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 8(2): 252–253. DOI: 10.23885/1814-3326-2012-8-2-252-253. PDF
Vela, J.M. & Bastazo, G. 2017. Luperus doeberli, new species from southeastern Turkey (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae). Entomologische Blätter und Coleoptera 113(1): 241–244. ResearchGate Open access green.

Links

Subfamily Galerucinae (Chrysomelidae) - atlas of leaf beetles of Russia

Luperus is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetle belonging to the family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Galerucinae.
Genera

European species within this genus include:[1]

Luperus abdominalis Rosenhauer, 1856
Luperus aetolicus Kiesenwetter, 1861
Luperus alpicus Desbrochers, 1898
Luperus armeniacus Kiesenwetter, 1878
Luperus biraghii Ragusa, 1871
Luperus calabricus Laboissière, 1911
Luperus circassicus Medvedev, 1962
Luperus cyanipennis Küster, 1848
Luperus fiorii Weise, 1895
Luperus flaviceps Apfelbeck, 1912
Luperus flavipennis Lucas, 1849
Luperus flavipennis flavus Rosenhauer, 1856
Luperus flavipes (Linnaeus, 1767)
Luperus floralis Faldermann, 1837
Luperus graecus Weise, 1886
Luperus kiesenwetteri Joannis, 1865
Luperus kiritshenkoi Ogloblin, 1936
Luperus leonardii Fogato, 1979
Luperus longicornis (Fabricius, 1781)
Luperus luperus (Sulzer, 1776)
Luperus maculicornis Desbrochers, 1872
Luperus nigripes Kiessenwetter, 1861
Luperus pygmaeus Joannis, 1865
Luperus pyrenaeus Germar, 1824
Luperus ragusai Laboissière, 1919
Luperus revelierei Perris, 1864
Luperus rhilensis Weise, 1900
Luperus rugifrons Weise, 1886
Luperus saxonicus (Gmellin, 1790)
Luperus sulphuripes Graells, 1858
Luperus viridipennis Germar, 1824
Luperus vitalei Ragusa, 1923
Luperus xanthopoda (Schrank, 1781)

References

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