Basilepta viridipennis

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: Eumolpinae
Tribus: Typophorini
Genus: Basilepta
Species: Basilepta viridipennis

Name

Basilepta viridipennis (Motschulsky, 1860)

Type locality: "Ind. or." ["Indes" (= India) in original description]

Lectotype: ZMMU. (designated by Medvedev, 2007: 412)

Synonymy

• Nodostoma viridipenne Motschulsky, 1860: 177 [original combination]
• Nodostoma aeneipenne Baly, 1867: 235 [preoccupied by Nodostoma aeneipennis Motschulsky, 1860]
  • Type locality: "Malacca (Mount Ophir)".
  • Type(s): BMNH.
• Nodostoma frontale Baly, 1867: 253 [synonymy in Medvedev (2007: 412)]
  • Type locality: "Malacca".
  • Type(s): BMNH.
• Nodostoma apicipes Jacoby, 1892: 87 [synonymy in Jacoby (1908: 331)]
  • Type locality: "Sumatra, also Birmah".
  • Type(s): BMNH.
• Nodostoma haroldi Jacoby, 1908: 331 [new name for Nodostoma aeneipenne Baly, 1867] [synonymy in Kimoto & Gressitt (1982: 36)]
• Nodostoma haroldi var. apicipes: Jacoby, 1908: 331
• Nodostoma occipitale Jacoby, 1908: 335 [synonymy in Kimoto & Gressitt (1982: 36)]
  • Type locality: "Tenasserim: Tavoy, Mergui".
  • Type: BMNH.
• Basilepta haroldi (Jacoby, 1908): Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961: 224
• Basilepta occipitale (Jacoby, 1908): Chûjô, 1964: 268
• Basilepta frontalis (Baly, 1867): Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982: 36
• Basilepta viridipenne (Motschulsky, 1860): Medvedev, 2007: 412
• Basilepta viridipennis (Motschulsky, 1860): Moseyko & Sprecher-Uebersax, 2010: 639
• Basilepta occipitalis (Jacoby, 1908): Moseyko & Sprecher-Uebersax, 2010: 639 [as synonym]

References

Primary references

• Baly, J.S. 1865–1867. Phytophaga Malayana; a revision of the phytophagous beetles of the Malay Archipelago, with descriptions of the new species collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (3) 4: 1–300, plates 1–5. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1866.tb01857.x . BHL. Reference page. 
• Gressitt, J.L. & Kimoto, S. 1961. The Chrysomelidae (Coleopt.) of China and Korea, part 1. Pacific Insects Monograph 1A: 1–299. Google Books (Snippet view only). Reference page. 
• Jacoby, M. 1892. Descriptions of some New Species of Phytophagous Coleoptera, and synonymic notes. The Entomologist 25 (supplement): 86–88. BHL.
• Jacoby, M.(†) 1908. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Coleoptera. Chrysomelidae. Vol. 1. London: Francis & Taylor. xx + 534 pp., 2 pls. Internet Archive. BHL Reference page. 
• Kimoto, S. & Gressitt, J.L.(†) 1982. Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) of Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. III. Eumolpinae. Esakia 18(1): 1–141. hdl: 2324/2421 . Reference page. 
• Medvedev, L.N. 2007. To the knowledge of Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) described by V. Motschulsky. Russian Entomological Journal 15(4): 409–417. PDF.
• Moseyko, A.G. & Sprecher-Uebersax, E. 2010. Subfamily Eumolpinae Hope, 1840. Pp. 619–643. 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. 
• 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. 

Additional references

• Kimoto, S. 1967. A list of the chrysomelid specimens from the Himalayas and Kashmir, preserved in the Zoological Museum, Berlin. Esakia 6: 65–75. hdl: 2324/2356 . PDF.
• Kimoto, S. 1985. Check-list of Chrysomelidae of South East Asia, South of Thailand and West of Irian-Jaya of Indonesia, III. Eumolpinae, 1. Kurume University Journal 34(1): 57–86. Reference page.  [as "Basilepta frontalis"]
• Prathapan, K.D., Poorani, J., Kumari, S.A., Anuradha, C., Padmanaban, B. & Thanigairaj, R. 2019. Species composition and diagnoses of leaf- and fruit-scarring beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) infesting bananas and plantains (Zingiberales, Musaceae) in the Indian subcontinent. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 66(2): 179–202. DOI: 10.3897/dez.66.47447 . Reference page.