Eumolpus ignitus

Eumolpus ignitus

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: Eumolpini
Genus: Eumolpus
Species: Eumolpus ignitus

Name

Eumolpus ignitus (Fabricius, 1787)

• Placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology by Opinion 2298.

Syntypes:

• HMUG.
  • 2 specimens. "Chry. ignita Fabr., Mss./ Cotype [white disk with yellow border]/ Compared with modern examples in Brit. Mus. R.A.S[taig]. March, 1926/ Chrysomela ignita Fab., Eumolpus ignitus Fab. TYPE." [1] [2] [source: Staines (2003)]
  • 2 additional specimens. [3] [4]

Type locality: "Cajennae". [French Guiana: Cayenne].

Synonymy

• Chrysomela ignita Fabricius, 1787: 68
• Eumolpus ignitus: Fabricius, 1801: 418

References

Primary references

• Fabricius, J.C. 1787. Mantissa insectorum, sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericis, differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus. Vol. 1: 348 pp. Christ. Gottl. Proft, Hafniae. BHL Reference page. 
• Fabricius, J.C. 1801. Systema eleutheratorum secundum ordines, genera, species: adiectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Tomus I. Impensis bibliopoli academici novi, Kiliae, 506 pp. Online. Reference page. 
• ICZN. 2012. Opinion 2298 (Case 3519). Eumolpus Weber, 1801, Chrysochus Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836 and Bromius Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836 (Insecta, Coleoptera, CHRYSOMELIDAE): usage conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 69(2): 147–149. DOI: 10.21805/bzn.v69i2.a6 . Reference page. 

Additional references

• Špringlová, B. 1960. Essai monographique du genre Eumolpus (Coleoptera Phytophaga). Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Mémoires (Deuxième Série) 60: 1–79. PDF. Reference page. 
• Staines, C.L. 2003. [2002]. Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) Types in the Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 110(3–4): 405–412. DOI: 10.1664/0028-7199(2002)110[405:CCTITH]2.0.CO;2 , JSTOR . Reference page.