Abirus

Abirus
Abirus fortunei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Eumolpini
Genus: Abirus
Chapuis, 1874
Type species
Cryptocephalus aeneus
Wiedemann, 1821

Abirus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed from the Malay Archipelago to the Indian subcontinent, China, and the Ryukyu Islands. The genus was first established by the Belgian entomologist Félicien Chapuis in 1874, as a split of Dermorhytis.

Abirus fortunei is known as a major pest of mulberry in China.

Species

The following species are placed in the genus:

Synonyms:

References

  1. ↑ Chapuis, F. (1874). "Tome dixième. Famille des phytophages". In Lacordaire, J.T.; Chapuis, F. (eds.). Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Genera des coléoptères. Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. pp. i–iv, 1–455.
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  14. 1 2 Jacoby, M. (1884). "Descriptions of new genera and species of Phytophagous Coleoptera from Sumatra". Notes from the Leyden Museum. 6: 9–70.
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  16. 1 2 Lefèvre, É. (1885). "Eumolpidarum hucusque cognitarum catalogus, sectionum conspectu systematico, generum sicut et specierum nonnullarum novarum descriptionibus adjunctis". Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège. 2. 11 (16): 1–172.
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  19. ↑ Yuasa, H. (1930). "Two new Species of Eumolpid-beetles noxious to the Mulberry-tree in the Liu-kiu Islands". Proceedings of the Imperial Academy. 6 (7): 293–295. doi:10.2183/pjab1912.6.293.