Corysthea

Corysthea is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae.[2] It is distributed in South America.[3]

Corysthea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Eumolpinae
Tribe:	Eumolpini
Genus:	Corysthea Baly, 1865[1]
Type species
Corycia funesta Baly, 1864
Synonyms
Corycia Baly, 1864 (preoccupied)

Species

• Corysthea admissa Bechyné, 1953[2]
• Corysthea boliviana Bechyné, 1951
• Corysthea chalybaea Lefèvre, 1891
• Corysthea colasi Bechyné, 1951
• Corysthea cribrata Lefèvre, 1891
• Corysthea funesta (Baly, 1864)
  • Corysthea funesta continentalis Bechyné, 1951
  • Corysthea funesta funesta (Baly, 1864)
  • Corysthea funesta vogli Bechyné, 1955[4]
• Corysthea glabrata (Fabricius, 1801)
• Corysthea gregalis (Weise, 1921)[5][6]
• Corysthea humilis Lefèvre, 1884
• Corysthea impressicollis Lefèvre, 1885
• Corysthea nigripennis Lefèvre, 1877
• Corysthea nigritarsis Lefèvre, 1888
• Corysthea peruviana Bechyné, 1951
• Corysthea pohli Bechyné, 1951
• Corysthea rufa (Weise, 1921)[5][6]
• Corysthea ruficollis Lefèvre, 1889
• Corysthea rugulosa Lefèvre, 1889
• Corysthea santarema Bechyné, 1951

Synonyms:

• Corysthea subaenea (Weise, 1929): synonym of Corysthea funesta (Baly, 1864)[4]

References

1. Baly, J. S. (1864). "Descriptions of new Genera and Species of Phytophaga". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 12 (4): 333–357. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1864.tb00109.x.
2. Bechyné, J. (1953). "Katalog der neotropischen Eumolpiden (Col. Phytoph. Chrysomeloidea)". Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey (in German). 4: 26–303.
3. Flowers, R. Wills (1995). "Some Corrections to the Generic Records of Central American Eumolpinae (Chrysomelidae: Coleoptera)". The Florida Entomologist. 78 (3): 553–557. doi:10.2307/3495545. JSTOR 3495545.
4. Bechyné, J. (1955). "Reise des Herrn G. Frey in Südamerika: Eumolpidae (Col. Phytophaga)". Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey Tutzing bei München. 6: 569–657.
5. Weise, J. (1921). "Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der schwedischen entomologischen Reise des Herrn Dr. A. Roman in Amazonas 1914—1915. 6. Chrysomelidae". Arkiv för Zoologi. 14 (1): 1–205.
6. Bechyné, J.; Springlovà de Bechyné, B. (1961). "Insecta Amapaensia: Chrysomeloidea (Col.)" (PDF). Studia Entomologica. 4 (1–4): 409–428.