Phygasia

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: Alticini
Genus: Phygasia
Species: P. africana – P. albicornis – P. carinipennis – P. chengi – P. cobosi – P. concolor – P. diancangana – P. diluta – P. dorsata – P. eschatia – P. foveolata – P. fulvipennis – P. gracilicornis – P. gruevi – P. heikertingeri – P. hookeri – P. media – P. nigricollis – P. ornata – P. pallidipennis – P. parva – P. potanini – P. pseudomedia – P. pseudornata – P. quadriplagiata – P. ruficollis – P. silacea – P. simidorsata – P. sulphuripennis – P. suturalis – P. tricolora – P. yunnana
Name

Phygasia Dejean, 1836: 387 (nomen protectum in Bezděk & Biondi (2018: 186))

Type species: Altica unicolor Olivier, 1808 [= Haltica silacea Illiger, 1807] by subsequent designation by Chevrolat (1845: 6).
Synonyms

Isosoma Billberg, 1820: 56 (nomen oblitum in Bezděk & Biondi (2018: 186))
Type species: Chrysomela concolor Fabricius, 1781, by subsequent designation by Barber (1947).

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.
Dejean, P.F.M.A. 1836. 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.

Additional references

Döberl, M. 2007. Nomenclatural notes on Alticinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from Palearctic and Oriental Regions. Serangga 12(1–2): 9–13. PDF.
Döberl, M. 2010. Subfamily Alticinae Newman, 1835. Pp. 491–563. 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. [p. 544 - 545]
Ge, D.-Y., Wang, S.-Y., Li, W.-Z. & Yang, X.-K. 2008. Study of Phygasia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from China, with descriptions of eight new species. Biologia 63(4): 553–565. DOI: 10.2478/s11756-008-0080-5 Paywall. ResearchGate Open access. Reference page.
Ge, D.-Y., Wang, S.-Y. & Yang, X.-K. 2010. A new species of the genus Phygasia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae) from Taiwan of China. Biologia 65: 325–329. DOI: 10.2478/s11756-010-0015-9 (SpringerLink) Paywall. De Gruyter Open access. Reference page.
Lee, C.-F. 2012. The genus Phygasia Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini) in Taiwan. Zootaxa 3256: 27–37. Preview PDF.
Reid, C.A.M. & Beatson, M. 2015. Disentangling a taxonomic nightmare: a revision of the Australian, Indomalayan and Pacific species of Altica Geoffroy, 1762 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae). Zootaxa 3918(4): 503–551. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3918.4.3 Open access. Reference page.

Phygasia is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are around 70 described species in Phygasia, found in the Palearctic, Indomalaya, and tropical Africa.[1][2][3][4]
Phygasia ornata, Hong Kong
Species

These species belong to the genus Phygasia:

Phygasia africana Chapuis, 1875
Phygasia basalis Kimoto, 2000
Phygasia carinipennis Chen & Wang, 1980
Phygasia chengi Lee, 2012
Phygasia cobosi Madar & Madar, 1965
Phygasia cyanea Medvedev, 1995
Phygasia diancangana Wang, 1992
Phygasia diluta Chûjô, 1963
Phygasia dorsata Balý, 1878
Phygasia eschata Gressitt & Kimoto, 1963
Phygasia foveolata Wang, 1992
Phygasia fulvipennis (Balý, 1874)
Phygasia gracilicornis Wang & Yang, 2008
Phygasia heikertingeri Peyerimhoff, 1929
Phygasia hookeri Balý, 1876
Phygasia indochinensis Medvedev, 1995
Phygasia marginata Medvedev, 1995
Phygasia media Chen & Wang, 1980
Phygasia minuta Medvedev, 2001
Phygasia nigricollis Wang & Yang, 2008
Phygasia ornata Balý, 1876
Phygasia pallidipennis Chen & Wang, 1980
Phygasia parva Wang & Yang, 2008
Phygasia potanini Lopatin, 1995
Phygasia pseudomedia Wang & Yang, 2008
Phygasia pseudornata Wang & Yang, 2008
Phygasia quadriplagiata (Swartz, 1808)
Phygasia ruficollis Wang in Wang & Yu, 1993
Phygasia silacea (Illiger, 1807)
Phygasia simidorsata Ge, Wang, Li & Yang, 2008
Phygasia sulphuripennis Jacoby, 1899
Phygasia suturalis Ge, Wang, Li & Yang, 2008
Phygasia taiwanensis Ge, Wang, & Yang, 2010
Phygasia tricolora Medvedev, 1995
Phygasia unicolor (Olivier, 1808)
Phygasia yunnana Wang & Yang, 2008

References

"Phygasia". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
Ge, Deyan; Wang, Shuyong; Li, Wenzhu; Yang, Xingke (2008). "Study of Phygasia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from China, with descriptions of eight new species". Biologia. 63 (1). Retrieved 2021-12-18.
Nadein, K. S. (2013). "Catalogue of Alticini genera of the World (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Zoological Institute, Saint-Petersburg. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
Ge, Deyan; Wang, Shuyong; Yang, Xingke (2010). "A new species of the genus Phygasia(Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae) from Taiwan of China". Biologia. 65. doi:10.2478/s11756-010-0015-9. Retrieved 2021-12-18.