Aulexis
Description
They are elongate, subcylindrical; clothed above and beneath with suberect hairs.
Head exserted, perpendicular; anterior margin of clypeus with two acute flattened teeth, which partly cover the upper surface of the labrum ; antennae subfiliform, clothed with coarse hairs, basal joint incrassate, second half the length of the first, subincrassate, third shorter than the fourth, following joints rather shorter; eyes with their inner margins slightly sinuate; terminal joint of palpi slender, ovate. Thorax subcylindrical in front, flattened, more or less excavated on the hinder half of the disc, lateral border obsolete, rarely visible at the base, its place supplied in the middle by two or more teeth. Legs moderate, stout; femora unarmed; basal joint of tarsi as long as the following two united claws more or less bifid. Prosternum greatly narrowed between the coxae.
A well-marked genus on account of the toothed clypeus and similarly armed sides of the thorax.
Species
The genus includes the following species:
Aulexis abbreviata (Gressitt , 1942) – China (Guangdong )
Aulexis assamensis Jacoby , 1903 – India (Assam )
Aulexis atripennis Pic , 1923 – China (Fujian , Yunnan )
Aulexis aureopilosa Pic , 1944 – Philippines
Aulexis bicolor Pic , 1929 – Vietnam
Aulexis bicoloripes Pic , 1929 – Java
Aulexis bosi Medvedev, 2008 – Sulawesi
Aulexis brevicornis Weise , 1922 – Philippines
Aulexis brevidentata (Gressitt , 1942) – China (Hainan )
Aulexis brevipennis Medvedev, 2012 – Vietnam
Aulexis brevipilosa Medvedev, 2002 – Philippines
Aulexis buonloicus Eroshkina, 1988 – Vietnam
Aulexis carinata Pic , 1935 – China (Guangdong), Vietnam
Aulexis chengana Chen , 1940 – China (Sichuan )
Aulexis cinnamomi Chen & Wang, 1976 – China (Yunnan)
Aulexis donckieri Pic , 1935 – Sumatra
Aulexis elongata Jacoby , 1881 – Sumatra, Java
Aulexis erythodera Warchałowski, 2008 – Myanmar
Aulexis excavata Takizawa, 2017 – Borneo (Sabah )
Aulexis femoralis Medvedev, 2012 – Vietnam
Aulexis flavopilosa Lefèvre , 1885 – Philippines
Aulexis gorbunovi Medvedev, 2009 – Sulawesi
Aulexis gracilicornis Weise , 1922 – Philippines
Aulexis gressitti Moseyko, 2024 – China (Hainan)
Aulexis hochii Chen , 1940 – China (Hainan), Nepal, Vietnam
Aulexis humilis Lefèvre , 1885 – Thailand
Aulexis jiangkouensis Tan, 1993 – China (Guizhou )
Aulexis kinabaluensis Takizawa, 2017 – Borneo (Sabah)
Aulexis languei Lefèvre , 1893 – Vietnam
Aulexis longicornis Jacoby , 1899 – Peninsular Malaysia , Sumatra, Borneo (Kalimantan )
Aulexis luzonica Lefèvre , 1885 – Philippines
Aulexis medvedevi Eroshkina, 1988 – Vietnam
Aulexis minor Kimoto & Gressitt , 1982 – Thailand
Aulexis minuta Pic , 1935 – Philippines
Aulexis nepalensis Medvedev & Sprecher-Uebersax, 1997 – Nepal, India
Aulexis nigricollis Baly , 1863 – Borneo (Sarawak )
Aulexis nigripennis Jacoby , 1908 – Nepal, Myanmar
Aulexis nigripennis Kimoto & Gressitt , 1982 (homonym) – Vietnam
Aulexis obscura Gressitt , 1945 – China (Yunnan)
Aulexis obscura Takizawa, 2017 (homonym) – Borneo (Sabah)
Aulexis pallida Lefèvre , 1887 – Bali , Sumatra
Aulexis philippinensis Jacoby , 1895 – Philippines
Aulexis puberula Lefèvre , 1885 – Philippines
Aulexis pusilla Lefèvre , 1885 – Philippines
Aulexis rufescens Pic , 1944 – Philippines
Aulexis semiobscurus Pic , 1921 – Lombok
Aulexis shaowuensis Gressitt & Kimoto , 1961 – China (Fujian)
Aulexis sichuanensis Tan, 1992 – China (Sichuan)
Aulexis sinensis Chen , 1934 – China (Fujian, Guizhou, Guangxi )
Aulexis sumatrana Jacoby , 1896 – Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra
Aulexis tibialis Jacoby , 1889 – India, Myanmar
Aulexis tuberculata Tan, 1993 – China (Guizhou)
Aulexis unicolor (Gressitt , 1942) – China (Guangdong)
Aulexis unispinosa Pic , 1935 – Vietnam
Aulexis varians Baly , 1867 – Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo (Sarawak)
Aulexis ventralis (Gressitt , 1942) – China (Sichuan)
Aulexis vietnamicus Eroshkina, 1988 – Vietnam
Aulexis wallacei Baly , 1867 – Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Sulawesi
Renamed species:
References
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↑ Warchałowski, A. (2008). "Aulexis erythrodera , A New Species of Leaf-Beetle from Myanmar (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae)". Annales Zoologici . 58 (3): 607– 609. doi :10.3161/000345408X364445 . S2CID 86630621 .
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↑ Medvedev, L. (2009). "New and poorly-known species of Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) from Sulawesi, Bali and Singapore" . Entomologica Basiliensia et Collections Frey . 31 : 245– 254. doi :10.5169/seals-981042 .
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↑ Lefèvre, E. (1893). "Contributions à la faune Indo-Chinoise, 12. Clytrides & Eumolpides" . Annales de la Société Entomologique de France . 62 : 111– 134.
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↑ Jacoby, M. (1896). "Descriptions of the new genera and species of phytophagous Coleoptera obtained by Dr. Modigliani in Sumatra" . Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova . 2. 16 (36): 377– 501.
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