Malegia

Malegia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Bromiini
Genus: Malegia
Lefèvre, 1883[1]
Type species
Malegia letourneuxi[2]
Lefèvre, 1883

Malegia is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae.[3] It is known from Africa, Asia and the Caucasus.[2][4]

Species

  • Malegia affinis Jacoby, 1898[5] – South Africa
  • Malegia alluaudi Pic, 1903 – Madagascar
  • Malegia arabica Daccordi, 1979 – Saudi Arabia
  • Malegia asiatica Pic, 1894 – Iraq, Israel, Jordan
  • Malegia atritarsis Pic, 1931 – Angola
  • Malegia bicoloripes Pic, 1936
  • Malegia colchica Reitter, 1912 – Azerbaijan, Armenia, Iran, Turkey
  • Malegia contracta (Fairmaire, 1886) – Djibouti
  • Malegia hauseri Pic, 1902 – Afghanistan
  • Malegia laticollis Pic, 1921 – Tanzania
  • Malegia latipennis Pic, 1901
  • Malegia letourneuxi Lefèvre, 1883[1] – Egypt, Niger
  • Malegia maculata Pic, 1909 – South Africa
  • Malegia nigritarsis Pic, 1950 – Niger: Aïr Mountains
  • Malegia obscurella Lefèvre, 1883[1] – Ethiopia
  • Malegia olivacea Pic, 1941 (doubtful assignment) – China
  • Malegia pallidipes Pic, 1904 – Madagascar
  • Malegia robusta Achard, 1914[6] – Tanzania
  • Malegia striatula Lefèvre, 1883[1] – Tanzania
  • Malegia vadoni Pic, 1950

Species moved to other genera:[7][8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Lefèvre, E. (1883). "Description d'un nouveau genre de Coléoptères de la famille des Eumolpides". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 6. 3: CXV–CXVI.
  2. ^ a b Moseyko, A. G.; Sprecher-Uebersax, E. (2010). "Eumolpinae". In Löbl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. pp. 619–643. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2.
  3. ^ "Malegia". African Eumolpinae site. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  4. ^ a b Kimoto, S.; Gressitt, J. L. (1982). "Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) of Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. III. Eumolpinae" (PDF). Esakia. 18: 1–141. doi:10.5109/2421. hdl:2324/2421. S2CID 83265328.
  5. ^ Jacoby, M. (1898). "Additions to the knowledge of the Phytophagous Coleoptera of Africa. Part I". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1898: 212–242.
  6. ^ Achard, J. (1914). "Eumolpides nouveaux d'Afrique tropicale". Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France. 1914: 227–231. doi:10.3406/bsef.1914.25559. S2CID 186388279.
  7. ^ Moseyko, A. G.; Sprecher-Uebersax, E. (2010). "New nomenclatural and taxonomic acts, and comments. Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae". In Löbl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. pp. 80–83. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2.
  8. ^ Moseyko, A.G. (2020). "Notes on Asiatic Eumolpinae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)". Entomological Review. 100 (6) (published 15 January 2021): 843–862. Bibcode:2020EntRv.100..843M. doi:10.1134/S0013873820060123. S2CID 234621478.