Argopistes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chrysomeloidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Cladus: Phytophaga Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Galerucinae
Tribus: Alticini
Subtribus: Diboliina
Genus: Argopistes
Species: A. armipes – A. arnetti – A. atricollis – A. beccarii – A. biplagiatus – A. borneoensis – A. brunneus – A. coccinelloides – A. coronatus – A. flavus – A. gourvesi – A. hoenei – A. insularis – A. janakmoravecorum – A. jenisi – A. jungchani – A. keiseri – A. kraussi – A. lamprotes – A. laterosinuatus – A. nigrimarginatus – A. nigristriga – A. obrieni – A. oleae – A. quadrimaculatus – A. rubicundus – A. rufus – A. scyrtoides – A. sexvittatus – A. seyrigi – A. simoni – A. sinensis – A. tonkinensis – A. tsekooni – A. tsoui – A. turnbowi – A. udege – A. unicolor – A. vadoni – A. woodleyi – A. yuae
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incertae sedis: A. coccinea – A. dichroa – A. gagates – A. thomassini

Name

Argopistes Motschulsky, 1860: 236

Gender: masculine.

Type species: Argopistes biplagiatus Motschulsky, 1860, by monotypy.

Synonyms

Sphaerophyma Baly, 1878: 478 [syn.: Samuelson, 1973: 67]
- Type species: Sphaerophyma simoni Baly, 1878, by monotypy

References

Primary references

Baly, J.S. 1878. Descriptions of Genera and Species of Australian Phytophagous Beetles. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 13(72): 458–479. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1878.tb00020_459.x . BHL.
Motschulsky, V. de 1860. Coléoptères rapportés de la Sibérie orientale et notamment des pays situeés sur les bords du fleuve Amour par MM. Schrenck, Maack, Ditmar, Voznessensky etc. déterminés et décrits. In: Schrenck L. (ed) Reisen und Forschungen im Amur-Lande in den Jahren 1854–1856 im Auftrage der Kaiserl. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu St. Petersburg ausgeführt und in Verbindung mit mehreren Gelehrten herausgegeben. Band II. Zweite Lieferung. Coleopteren. St. Petersburg: Eggers & Comp., pp. 80–257 + [1 (Errata)], pls. VI–XI, 1 map. BHL Reference page.
Samuelson, G.A. 1973. Alticinae of Oceania (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Pacific Insects Monograph 30: 1–165. PDF. Reference page.

Additional references

Biondi, M., Ianella, M. & D'Alessandro, P. 2024. Argopistes Motschulsky from Madagascar with descriptions of six new species (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini). ZooKeys 1202: 303–327. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1202.122977 Reference page.
Blanco, J. & Konstantinov, A. 2013. Review of the New World species of the genus Argopistes Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini). Zootaxa 3626(2): 249–267. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3626.2.3 . ResearchGate . Reference page.
Bryant, G.E. 1922. Some new injurious Phytophaga from Africa. Bulletin of Entomological Research 12(4): 473–475. DOI: 10.1017/S0007485300045144 . BHL.
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. Reference page. [p. 503]
Lee, C-F., Chiang, M-Y. & Suenaga, H. 2024. The genus Argopistes Motschulsky from Japan and Taiwan, with descriptions of three new species from Taiwan (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini). ZooKeys 1215: 151–183. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1215.134871 Reference page.
Medvedev, L.N. 2016. New and poorly known Oriental Alticinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Russian Entomological Journal 25(3): 259–264. PDF. Reference page.
Nadein, K.S. 2015. Phylogeny of Diboliina inferred from a morphologically based cladistic analysis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 73(1): 65–83. PDF. Reference page.
Samuelson, G.A. 1967. Alticinae of the Solomon Islands (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Pacific Insects 9(1): 139–174. PDF.
Samuelson, G.A. 1975. Alticinae of Oceania, supplement 1, On homonymy in Argopistes (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Pacific Insects 16(4): 463–464. [not seen]
Samuelson, G.A. 1979. A new Argopistes from Tahiti, marking a range extension for endemic leaf beetles in Oceania (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Pacific Insects 20(4): 404–409. PDF.
Scherer, G. 1969. Die Alticinae des Indischen Subkontinentes (Coleoptera – Chrysomelidae). Pacific Insects Monograph 22: 1–251. PDF.
Shigetoh, H. & Suenaga, H. 2022. Description of a New Species of the Genus Argopistes Motschulsky (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini) from the Ryukyu Islands and Daito Islands, Southwestern Japan, and Redescription of A. coccinelliformis Csiki. Elytra (n.s.) 12(1): 1–13. ResearchGate . Reference page.