Monolepta

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: Galerucinae
Tribus: Luperini
Subtribus: Luperina
Genus: Monolepta
Species: M. albipunctata – M. alticola – M. antennata – M. apicalis – M. bacboensis – M. basicincta – M. basifasciata – M. binhphuoca – M. bivittata – M. daklaka – M. daklaka – M. decreta – M. deminuta – M. densopunctata – M. dubia – M. fedorenkoi – M. fluctuans – M. fuscicorne – M. hagiangana – M. hartmanni – M. interruptomarginata – M. mengsongensis – M. mirabilis – M. mostovskyi – M. multisignata – M. nigrobasalis – M. ochracea – M. olegi – M. praetexta – M. quinquefasciata – M. quotidiana – M. rubripennis – M. sallehnori – M. thailandica – M. thomaswagneri – M. warisan – †M. rappsilberi
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Overview of Palaearctic species

M. afghana – M. aglaonemae – M. albomaculata – M. alnivora – M. annamita – M. analis – M. arundinariae – M. asahinai – M. arvensis – M. babai – M. bhutanensis – M. bicavipennis – M. bimaculicollis – M. bimaculipennis – M. bioculata – M. braeti – M. brittoni – M. capitata – M. cardoni – M. cavipennis – M. cheni – M. chinkinyui – M. chujoi – M. conformis – M. dehradunensis – M. dichroa – M. discalis – M. eoa – M. epistomalis – M. erythrocephala – M. eunicia – M. flavovittata – M. fulvicollis – M. gantokensis – M. gestroi – M. godavariensis – M. hieroglyphica – M. himalayaensis – M. hiurai – M. hongkongensis – M. horni – M. hupehensis – M. impressipennis – M. indicola – M. kabakovi – M. kuroheri – M. kurosawai – M. kwangtunga – M. labiata – M. labiatella – M. laterimarginata – M. lauta – M. leechi – M. lepida – M. lesagei – M. liui – M. longitarsoides – M. lunata – M. maana – M. mandibularis – M. martensi – M. meihuai – M. meridionalis – M. minor – M. minutissima – M. miyamotoi – M. mordelloides – M. nakanei – M. nepalensis – M. nigrobasalis – M. nigrosinuata – M. nojiriensis – M. occifluvis – M. ogloblini – M. orientalis – M. ovatula – M. pallidula – M. palliparva – M. paradichroa – M. parenthetica – M. parvezi – M. picturata – M. postfasciata – M. quadricavata – M. quadriguttata – M. rubricosa – M. rufa – M. rufofulva – M. sakishimana – M. sasajii – M. satoi – M. saudica – M. sauteri – M. schawalleri – M. schereri – M. selmani – M. semenovi – M. semiluperina – M. septentrionalis – M. severini – M. sexlineata – M. shaowuensis – M. shirozui – M. signata – M. simlensis – M. subapicalis – M. subflavipennis – M. subrubra – M. subseriata – M. surkheta – M. takizawai – M. tatemizo – M. tricolorata – M. trifasciata – M. tuberculipygus – M. undulatovittata – M. wilcoxi – M. xanthodera – M. yama – M. yaosanica – M. yunnanica – M. zonalis

[Source: Beenen (2010); Löbl & Smetana (2011); Lee (2018, 2020); Lee, Tian & Staines (2011)]
Overview of Afrotropical species

M. aeneipennis – M. alluaudi – M. alwineae – M. annelieseae – M. apicalis – M. apicaloides – M. berouensis – M. bifossulata – M. bioculata – M. budongoensis – M. buquetii – M. capicola – M. castaneipennis – M. citrinella – M. clasnaumanni – M. congoensis – M. conradi – M. cruciata – M. decellei – M. ephippiata – M. aphippiatoides – M. euchroma – M. flavipes – M. gerstaeckeri – M. gobensis – M. hamidehae – M. heinrichi – M. ivorensis – M. jeanneli – M. laboissierei – M. lepida – M. leuce – M. longiuscula – M. magnanigra – M. marginella – M. marginethoracica – M. melanogaster – M. meruensis – M. miltinoptera – M. naumanni – M. nigrocruciata – M. nigropicta – M. nipangae – M. peleae – M. postrema – M. quadrizonata – M. richardi – M. ronbeeneni – M. ruthae – M. sharonae – M. sonsoensis – M. tessmanni – M. umbrobasalis – M. ursulae – M. vincta – M. vinosa – M. wanjae – M. wittei
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[Source: Wagner (2001a, 2001b, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007a, 2020)]
Name

Monolepta Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836: 383

Type species: Crioceris bioculata Fabricius, 1781 by subsequent designation (Chevrolat, 1845: 5).
Synonyms

Damais Jacoby, 1903: 118
Type species: Damais humeralis Jacoby, 1903, by monotypy.
Chimporia Laboissière, 1931: 413 [syn. Wagner, 2007a]
Type species: Chimporia monardi Laboissière, 1931, by original designation.
Aemulaphthona Scherer, 1969: 89 [syn. Konstantinov & Lingafelter, 2002]
Type species: Aphthona ocracea Weise, 1922, by original designation.

References
Primary references

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.
Jacoby, M. 1903. Descriptions of the new genera and species of phytophagous Coleoptera obtained by Mr H.-L. Andrewes and Mr T.-R.-D. Bell at the Nilgiri Hills and Kanara. Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique 47: 80–128. BHL
Konstantinov, A.S. & Lingafelter, S.W. 2002. Revision of the oriental species of Aphthona Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Miscellaneous Publications of the Entomological Society of America: 1–349. Abstract and Introduction (PDF). Reference page.
Laboissière, V. 1931. Galerucini (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae) d'Angola. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 38: 405–418. BHL.
Scherer, G. 1969. Die Alticinae des Indischen Subkontinentes (Coleoptera – Chrysomelidae). Pacific Insects Monograph 22: 1–251. PDF.
Wagner, T. 2007. Monolepta Chevrolat, 1837, the most speciose galerucine taxon: redescription of the type species Monolepta bioculata (Fabricius, 1781) and key to related genera from (Chrysomelidae, Coleoptera). Journal of Natural History 41(1–4): 81–100. DOI: 10.1080/00222930601127384 Paywall.

Additional references

Beenen, R. 2010. New nomenclatural and taxonomic acts, and comments. Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae. Pp. 74–75. 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.
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.
Bezděk, J. 2013. Revision of the genus Hesperopenna (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae). I. Generic redescription, definition of species groups and taxonomy of H. medvedevi species group. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53(2): 715–746. PDF Reference page.
Bezděk, J. & Beenen, R. 2020. Taxonomical changes and comments on Palaearctic and Oriental Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera). Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 16(2): 319–327. DOI: 10.23885/181433262020162-319327 Open access. Reference page.
Bukejs, A., Bezděk, J., Kairišs, K. & Alekseev, V.I. 2021. The first extinct species of Monolepta Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) from Bitterfeld amber, described using X-ray micro-computed tomography. Zootaxa 4995(2): 345–356. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4995.2.7 Paywall. Reference page.
Lee, C.-F. 2009. A taxonomic revision of Monolepta pallidula species group in Taiwan (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae). Zootaxa 2170: 15–27. Abstract & excerpt. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2170.1.2 Paywall.
Lee, C.-F. 2016. Redescription of Monolepta sexlineata Chûjô, 1938 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae). Journal of Taiwan Agricultural Research 65(1): 1–7. DOI: 10.6156/JTAR/2016.06501.01 Paywall. ResearchGate Open access green.
Lee, C.-F. 2018. The genus Paleosepharia Laboissière, 1936 in Taiwan: review and nomenclatural changes (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae). ZooKeys 744: 19–41. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.744.22970 Open access. Reference page. [removed five species]
Lee, C.-F. 2020. Revision of Taiwanese species of Atrachya Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae): descriptions of three new genera, two new species, and designations of three new synonyms. ZooKeys 940: 117–159. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.940.51800 Open access. Reference page. [removed two species]
Lee, C.-F., Tian, P-L. & Staines, C.L. 2011. Monolepta meihuai, a New Species from Taiwan, with Redescription of its Sibling Species Monolepta mandibularis Chûjô, 1962 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 64(4): 303–311. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-64.4.303 Paywall, JSTOR Hybrid open access journal. ResearchGate Open access green. Reference page.
Lei, Q.-L., Xu, S.-Y., Yang, X.-K. & Nie, R.-E. 2021. Five new species of the leaf-beetle genus Monolepta Chevrolat (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae) from China. ZooKeys 1056: 35–57. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1056.65335 Open access. Reference page.
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.
Medvedev, L.N. 2015. New and poorly known Oriental Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) in the collection of the Naturkundemuseum Erfurt. Vernate 34: 319–335. PDF. Reference page.
Nguyen, D.T. & Gómez-Zurita, J. 2017. Diversity and trophic ecology of the Monoleptites group (Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae, Luperini) in the Núi Chúa National Park (S Vietnam) with description of new species of Monolepta Chevrolat and Paleosepharia Laboissière. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 20(1): 65–87. DOI: 10.1016/j.aspen.2016.11.014 Paywall. ResearchGate Open access green. Reference page.
Wagner, T. 2000. Revision of Afrotropical Monolepta Chevrolat, 1837 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae) Part I: Species with red and black coloured elytra, pronotum and head, with description of new species. Entomologische Zeitschrift 110: 226–237. [not seen]
Wagner, T. 2000. New Monolepta species (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae) from Eastern Africa. Entomologische Zeitschrift 120: 34–40. [not seen]
Wagner, T. 2001. Revision of Afrotropical Monolepta Chevrolat, 1837 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae) Part II: Species with red elytra, pronotum and head, with description of new species. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 59(1–2): 49–65. BHL.
Wagner, T. 2001. New Monolepta-species (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae) from Central and Southern Africa. Entomologische Blätter 96: 199–210. [not seen]
Wagner, T. 2002. Revision of Afrotropical Monolepta species (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae) Part III: Species with red elytra and yellow prothorax, including descriptions of new species. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 49(1): 27–45. DOI: 10.1002/mmnd.20020490104 Paywall.
Wagner, T. 2003. Revision of Afrotropical Monolepta Chevrolat, 1837 (Coleoptera,Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae). – Part IV: Species with red head and thorax and black elytra or black elytra with red apex, with description of new species. Annales Sciences Zoologiques, Miscellanea 49: 37–89. [not seen]
Wagner, T. 2005. Revision of the vincta Species-group of Monolepta Chevrolat, 1837 from Africa, Arabia and the Near East (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 53(1–2): 255–282. BHL.
Wagner, T. 2007. Revision of Afrotropical Monolepta Chevrolat, 1837 – Part VI: Species with reddish to black cross-like elytral pattern (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae). Journal of Afrotropical Zoology 3: 83–152. [not seen]
Wagner, T. 2020. Revision of Monolepta Chevrolat, 1836 species from North-East Africa (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae). Bonn Zoological Bulletin 69(2): 225–247. DOI: 10.20363/BZB-2020.69.2.225 Open access. Reference page.

Monolepta is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae.[1] It is the most diverse and widely distributed genus in the Galerucinae sensu stricto, with more than 700 described species occurring almost worldwide. It is missing from the Nearctic realm.[2]

The genus was first established by Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat in 1836 to include species of Galerucinae with an elongated basi-metatarsus (the first tarsomere of the hind leg). The generic name Monolepta is derived from the Greek μόνος (monos, meaning 'one') and λεπτός (leptos, meaning 'thin, slender'). In 1875, Félicien Chapuis established the supra-generic group "Monoleptites", which included other Galerucinae with an elongated basi-metatarsus. Other genera traditionally placed in this group include, for example, Luperodes, Candezea and Barombiella. The group "Monoleptites" was later found to be polyphyletic, as an elongated basi-metatarsus has evolved multiple times in the Galerucinae.[3]
Selected species

Monolepta albipunctata Lei, Xu, Yang & Nie, 2021
Monolepta alticola Lei, Xu, Yang & Nie, 2021
Monolepta annamita Laboissiere, 1889
Monolepta australis Jacoby, 1882
Monolepta bioculata (Fabricius, 1781)
Monolepta bivittata Lei, Xu, Yang & Nie, 2021
Monolepta cavipennis Baly, 1878
Monolepta cruciata Guérin de Méneville, 1847
Monolepta hagiangana Bezděk & Beenen, 2020
Monolepta kuroheri Kimoto, 1966
Monolepta leechi Jacoby, 1890
Monolepta leuce Weise, 1903
Monolepta marginella Weise, 1903
Monolepta melanogaster Wiedemann, 1823
Monolepta mengsongensis Lei, Xu, Yang & Nie, 2021
Monolepta pallidula (Baly, 1874)
Monolepta quadriguttata (Motschulsky, 1860)
Monolepta rubripennis Lei, Xu, Yang & Nie, 2021
Monolepta rufofulva Chujo, 1938
Monolepta sauteri Chujo, 1935
Monolepta signata (Olivier, 1808)

References

"Monolepta". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
Nie, R-E; Bezděk, J.; Yang, X-K (2017). "How many genera and species of Galerucinae s. str. do we know? Updated statistics (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). In: Chaboo CS, Schmitt M (Eds) Research on Chrysomelidae". ZooKeys (720): 91–102. doi:10.3897/zookeys.720.13517. PMC 5740445. PMID 29290727.

Wagner, T. (2007). "Monolepta Chevrolat, 1837, the most speciose galerucine taxon: redescription of the type species Monolepta bioculata (Fabricius, 1781) and key to related genera from (Chrysomelidae, Coleoptera)". Journal of Natural History. 41 (1–4): 81–100. doi:10.1080/00222930601127384. S2CID 84511792.