Rhembastus
| Rhembastus | |
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| Rhembastus variabilis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Eumolpinae |
| Tribe: | Typophorini |
| Genus: | Rhembastus Harold, 1877[1] |
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Rhembastus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae, native to Africa. Whilst the taxonomy of the genus is disputed, the genus has been suggested as a biological control agent for Bryophyllum delagoense in Australia.[3]
Taxonomy
The genus was first identified by the German entomologist Edgar von Harold in 1877 from species in Madagascar, Nyassa and Port Natal.[1] By 1914, 18 different species had already been recorded from Madagascar. The size of the genus was reduced by 45 species in 1965; these species were transferred to other genera such as Paraivongius, Massartia and Sarum.[4] In 2006 it was suggested that a full revision of the genus is necessary.[3]
Species
- Rhembastus abbreviatus (Jacoby, 1897)[5]
- Rhembastus ambohibyensis Bechyné, 1960[6]
- Rhembastus ampanefenae Bechyné, 1953[7]
- Rhembastus androyensis Bechyné, 1956[8]
- Rhembastus antennatus Jacoby, 1892[9]
- Rhembastus antsirabensis Bechyné, 1954
- Rhembastus apicalis Pic, 1940
- Rhembastus apicicollis Burgeon, 1941
- Rhembastus apicicornis Jacoby, 1897[5]
- Rhembastus asuefactus Bechyné, 1950
- Rhembastus atomarius (Lefèvre, 1877)[10]
- Rhembastus atripennis Pic, 1939[2]
- Rhembastus atriventris Pic, 1939[2]
- Rhembastus attelaboides (Fairmaire, 1886)
- Rhembastus augur Bechyné, 1947[11]
- Rhembastus benuensis Weise, 1907
- Rhembastus bipunctatus Selman, 1972
- Rhembastus brevicornis (Jacoby, 1904)[12][4]
- Rhembastus caeruleipennis Jacoby, 1901
- Rhembastus centralis Bechyné, 1956[8]
- Rhembastus chatanayi Bechyné, 1960[6]
- Rhembastus circumductus Bechyné, 1953[7]
- Rhembastus colasi Bechyné, 1956[8]
- Rhembastus collaris (Gerstaecker, 1871)
- Rhembastus congener Bechyné, 1946
- Rhembastus coquillati Bechyné, 1947
- Rhembastus costulifer Bechyné, 1947[11]
- Rhembastus crampeli Pic, 1952
- Rhembastus crassus Burgeon, 1941
- Rhembastus dimidiaticornis Jacoby, 1892[9]
- Rhembastus discoidalis Pic, 1939[2]
- Rhembastus dissutus Bechyné, 1951
- Rhembastus diversicolor Pic, 1939[2]
- Rhembastus felicitarius Bechyné, 1956[8]
- Rhembastus flavidus Lefèvre, 1890
- Rhembastus flavotibialis Bechyné, 1946
- Rhembastus fulvipennis (Duvivier, 1891)[6]
- Rhembastus geniculatus Harold, 1877[1]
- Rhembastus gibbifer Bechyné, 1956[8]
- Rhembastus gracilipes Bechyné, 1960[6]
- Rhembastus hereditarius Bechyné, 1947[11]
- Rhembastus hoberlandti Bechyné, 1946[13]
- Rhembastus hovus Bechyné, 1946[13]
- Rhembastus humerosus Weise, 1910
- Rhembastus imitans Jacoby, 1897[5]
- Rhembastus impressicostatus Pic, 1940
- Rhembastus inapicalis Pic, 1940
- Rhembastus jacobyi Weise, 1910
- Rhembastus janthinipennis (Fairmaire, 1869)
- Rhembastus jeanneli Bechyné, 1946
- Rhembastus joliveti Bechyné, 1946
- Rhembastus lambertoni Bechyné, 1946[13]
- Rhembastus laticollis Burgeon, 1942
- Rhembastus lebisi Bechyné, 1946
- Rhembastus lepidus Weise, 1910
- Rhembastus maculatus (Lefèvre, 1877)[10]
- Rhembastus madagascariensis (Lefèvre, 1877)[10]
- Rhembastus mandolloides Selman, 1972
- Rhembastus mandritsarensis Bechyné, 1951
- Rhembastus manjakatompensis Bechyné, 1964[14]
- Rhembastus mechowi (Weise, 1883)[15][4]
- Rhembastus melanostictus Fairmaire, 1886
- Rhembastus metalliconotatus Pic, 1939[2]
- Rhembastus micheli Bechyné, 1947[11]
- Rhembastus multatitius Bechyné, 1964[14]
- Rhembastus nanulus Harold, 1877[1]
- Rhembastus natalensis (Lefèvre, 1877)[10]
- Rhembastus nickerli Bechyné, 1946[13]
- Rhembastus niger Burgeon, 1941
- Rhembastus nigromaculatus (Jacoby, 1892)[9][6]
- Rhembastus nubilus Harold, 1877[1]
- Rhembastus octomaculatus (Weise, 1910)[6]
- Rhembastus pan Bechyné, 1947[11]
- Rhembastus parioides Bechyné, 1947[11]
- Rhembastus pauliani Bechyné, 1960[6]
- Rhembastus pectoralis Bechyné, 1946[13]
- Rhembastus pensistus Bechyné, 1947[11]
- Rhembastus perarmatus Burgeon, 1941
- Rhembastus perinetensis Bechyné, 1960[6]
- Rhembastus persimilis Bechyné, 1946
- Rhembastus persimplex Weise, 1910
- Rhembastus piceus Zoia, 2017
- Rhembastus punctatosulcatus Fairmaire, 1887
- Rhembastus pusillus Harold, 1877[1]
- Rhembastus quadriplagiatus Bechyné, 1947[11]
- Rhembastus remaudierei Jolivet, 1953
- Rhembastus ruficolor Pic, 1941
- Rhembastus rufiventris Pic, 1953
- Rhembastus rufocinctus Pic, 1939[2]
- Rhembastus rufofasciatus Pic, 1952
- Rhembastus rufohumeralis Pic, 1939[2]
- Rhembastus sambiranensis Bechyné, 1964[14]
- Rhembastus schaeferi Bechyné, 1947
- Rhembastus seguyi Bechyné, 1960[6]
- Rhembastus selectus Bechyné, 1946[13]
- Rhembastus semiviolaceus Pic, 1952
- Rhembastus simoni (Weise, 1883)[15]
- Rhembastus solicitarius Bechyné, 1964[14]
- Rhembastus stilpnus Bechyné, 1947[11]
- Rhembastus striatipennis Lefèvre, 1891[17]
- Rhembastus subangulatus Bechyné, 1947[11]
- Rhembastus tananarivensis Bechyné, 1946[13]
- Rhembastus tantillus (Lefèvre, 1877)[10]
- Rhembastus tener Bechyné, 1960[6]
- Rhembastus testaceoapicalis Pic, 1939[2]
- Rhembastus tibialis (Lefèvre, 1877)[10]
- Rhembastus tonsilis Bechyné, 1951
- Rhembastus tricolor Bechyné, 1946
- Rhembastus unicostulatus Bechyné, 1947[11]
- Rhembastus usambaricus Weise, 1907
- Rhembastus variabilis Harold, 1877[1]
- Rhembastus xanthocnemis Weise, 1907
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Harold, E. von (1877). "Coleopterorum species novae". Mitteilungen der Münchener Entomologischen Vereins. 1: 97–111.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Pic, M. (1939). "Coléoptères Phytophages d'Angola". Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 46 (4): 115–142.
- ^ a b Witt, A. B. R.; McConnachie, A. J.; Palmer, W. A.; Grobbelaar, E. (2006). "Distribution, biology and host range of Rhembastus sp. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), a candidate for the biological control of Bryophyllum delagoense (Crassulaceae) in Australia". Biocontrol, Science and Technology. 16 (8): 859–869.
- ^ a b c Selman, B. J. (1965). "A revision of the Nodini and a key to the genera of Eumolpidae of Africa (Coleoptera: Eumolpidae)" (PDF). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 16 (3): 141–174.
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- ^ Maulik, S. (1931). "Coleoptera, Chrysomelidæ: Eumolpinæ, Galerucinæ and Halticinæ". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 2, Zoology. 19 (2): 241–260. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1931.tb00128.x.
- ^ Lefèvre, E. (1891). "Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de Clytrides et d'Eumolpides". Annales de la Société Entomologique du Belgique. 35: CCXLVIII–CCLXXIX.