Chloropterus mateui

Chloropterus mateui is a species of leaf beetle found in Algeria.[2] It was first described as a species of Atomyria in 1969 by Brian J. Selman, based on a series of specimens collected from the western Sahara. One of these specimens was collected from the desert shrub Tamarix.[1] In 2020, A.G. Moseyko transferred the species to the genus Chloropterus.[3]

Chloropterus mateui
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Chloropterus
Species:	C. mateui
Binomial name
Chloropterus mateui (Selman, 1969)[1]
Synonyms
Atomyria mateui Selman, 1969

C. mateui is very similar in appearance to C. persicus, but the eyes are closer together, the setae are much smaller, the dark markings are less clearly defined, the inner pair of markings on the thorax are more obscure, the outer pair very small. The elytra are shiny and very smooth.[1] The species is also very close to Chloropterus pallidus, also described from Algeria, and has similar coloration.[3]

References

1. Selman, B. J. (1969). "Atomyria Jacobson (Coleoptera, Eumolpinae), a genus new to Africa". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 2. 41 (1): 200–202.
2. "African Eumolpinae checklist: Algeria". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
3. Moseyko, A.G. (2020). "A revision of the genus Atomyria Jacobson, 1894 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae)". Caucasian Entomological Bulletin. 16 (2): 341–346. doi:10.23885/181433262020162-341346.