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Beetles (Coleoptera) of Peru: A Survey of the Families. Chrysomelidae:

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 Beetles (Coleoptera) of Peru: A Survey of the Families.
Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae Hope, 1840
Author(s): Caroline S. Chaboo and R. Wills Flowers
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88(3), 2015, pp. 375–379

Beetles (Coleoptera) of Peru: A Survey of the Families.

Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae Hope, 1840
CAROLINE S. CHABOO1,3 AND R. WILLS FLOWERS2
Diversity in Peru: Six tribes, 49 genera, 224 species.
Recognition: Eumolpinae are generally robust beetles with filiform or subclavate
antennae, with their insertions separated by the entire width of the frons.
Eumolpines are often smooth and shiny, with dark and/or attractive metallic colors.
In some genera (e.g., Myochrous, Habrophora) the body is covered with hairs or
scales. Eumolpinae can be distinguished from other Chrysomelidae by the following
combination of characters: labrum undivided; antennal insertions separate by the
entire width of the frons; the pronotum lacks a transverse constriction; wing veins
not reduced; lack of apical spurs on all tibiae; middle abdominal segments not
narrowed; and the endophallus is longer than the median lobe and lies under the
basal hood of the aedeagus when retracted.
Habitat: Adult Eumolpinae are frequently encountered in secondary forests and
clearings, usually sitting on leaves. They readily take flight at any disturbance. Some
(e.g., Phanaeta) are excellent jumpers although they lack modified femora such as
found in the Alticini. Eumolpinae generally feed on tender parts of plants, such as
young leaves and shoots, or on pollen and flower petals. Smaller species (less than 1
cm) eat small holes in leaves while large species eat C-shaped holes in leaves. In
Costa Rica, preferred food plants are Melastomataceae, Solanaceae, and Rubiaceae.
Eumolpine larvae are subterranean and feed on roots. Nothing is known of the
biology of most larvae, but in a few instances where life history studies have been
done, larvae do not feed on the same plant families as the adults.
In Peru, various pests include some species of Allocolaspis and Colaspis on
bananas; Colaspis chlorites (Erichson) on potatoes (Alcázar and Raymundo, 1985);
Colaspis lebasi Lefèvre on beans (e.g., Vigna, Phaseolus) (Westerduijn, pers. comm.);
and Lepronota peruana Lefèvre on camu-camu fruit trees (Myrtaceae: Myrciaria
dubia (Kunth) McVaugh; Couturier et al., 1996). Given the pest status of several
eumolpine species in Andean countries, we should expect to find more eumolpines as
pest of various crops in Peru.
Notes: The following list of species is based on Bechyné’s (1953) catalog and
references therein, supplemented by subsequent papers (Bechyné, 1955, 1957, 1958,1997;
Bechyné and Bechyné, 1961, 1968, 1969; Bowditch, 1921) dealing in part with
Eumolpinae. Many species are known only from their record in Peru, however South
America has been poorly sampled for eumolpines, so it is unclear which ones may be
true endemics or are precinctive. Bechyné (1953) has been the only ‘preliminary’ list of
eumolpines (37 genera, 147 species) for the Neotropical region. A modern list of
Peruvian Eumolpinae is long overdue. We anticipate many new additions to Peru’s
1
Division of Entomology, 1501 Crestline Drive, Suite 140, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas,
66045, U.S.A.; E-mail: [email protected]
2
Proyecto PROMETEO - Secretaria de Educación Superior Ciencias y Tecnologı́a, Universidad
Técnica Estatal de Quevedo, Km 1.5 vı́a Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, Quevedo, Los Rı́os, Ecuador.
3
Corresponding author
Accepted 27 August 2014; Revised 1 May 2015
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fauna based on range extensions of species already documented in adjacent countries or

from valid new species discoveries.

Checklist:
Eumolpini
Agrianes andicola Bechyné, 1950 Chalcophana minarum ab latecincta Bechyné, 1953
Allocolaspis apatura Bechyné, 1957 Chalcophana minarum f. typica Bechyné, 1953?
Allocolaspis jacobyi (Bowditch, 1921) Chalcophana nitidissima Erichson, 1847
Antitypona caprai Bechyné, 1957 Chalcophana noctivaga Bechyné, 1950
Antitypona cerasia Bechyné, 1955 Chalcophana oxapampa Bechyné, 1951
Antitypona coeruleata Lefèvre, 1877 Chalcophana palumbina Erichson, 1847
Antitypona dorsoplagiata Bechyné, 1955 Chalcophana peruana Harold, 1875
Antitypona fulgida Lefèvre, 1885 Chalcophana punensis Bechyné, 1953
Antitypona gigas (Jacoby, 1881) Chalcophana seminigra Harold, 1874
Antitypona jüngeri Bechyné, 1953 Chalcophana stereomopha Bechyné, 1951
Antitypona ornaticollis Bechyné, 1951 Chalcophana tippmanni Bechyné, 1951
Antitypona ventralis Bechyné, 1953 Chalcophana unifasciata Jacoby, 1879
Brachypnoea angulicollis (Lefèvre, 1876) Chalcophana verticalis ab. pura Bechyné, 1953
Brachypnoea aurulenta (Lefèvre, 1876) Chalcophana vilcanota Bechyné, 1955
Brachypnoea chrysicollis (Weise, 1921) Chalcophana weyrauchi Bechyné, 1949
Brachypnoea coroicensis (Bechyné, 1951) Chalcoplacis despecta (Lefèvre, 1884)
Brachypnoea fastidita (Jacoby, 1899) Chalcoplacis virescens (Erichson, 1848)
Brachypnoea laeta (Lefèvre, 1878) Chalcoplacis virescens subsp. despecta Lefèvre,
Brachypnoea mixiollensis (Bechyné, 1951) 1884
Brachypnoea purpureosericea (Bechyné, 1951) Clisithera cerasina (Perty, 1832)
Brachypnoea seminigra (Lefrèvre, 1891) Colaspis lebasi ab. invisella (Bechyné, 1951)
Brachypnoea weyrauchi Bechyné, 1955 Colaspis chalcites (Lefèvre, 1884)
Callicolaspis cuneiformis Bechyné, 1950 Colaspis aeraria Lefèvre, 1885
Callicolaspis eumolpoides Lefèvre, 1887 Colaspis albicincta Erichson, 1847
Callicolaspis munifica Erichson, 1847 Colaspis buckleyi Bechyné, 1949
Callicolaspis ornata Jacoby, 1903 Colaspis callichloris Lefèvre, 1878
Caryonoda kuscheli Bechyné, 1951 Colaspis chalcites Lefèvre, 1878
Chalcophana abdominalis Jacoby, 1897 Colaspis chlorites Erichson, 1847
Chalcophana atricornis Erichson, 1847 Colaspis coelestina Erichson, 1847
Chalcophana buckleyi Jacoby, 1880 Colaspis despecta Lefèvre, 1884
Chalcophana caligans Bechyné, 1951 Colaspis gemellata Lefèvre, 1885
Chalcophana conspicua Lefèvre, 1891 Colaspis gemmula Erichson, 1847
Chalcophana dominula subsp. chanchamayo Colaspis imitans (Jacoby, 1900)
Bechyné, 1957 Colaspis interstitialis Lefèvre, 1877
Chalcophana duodecimpunctata Jacoby, 1897 Colaspis jocosa Bowditch, 1921
Chalcophana effulgens subsp. acutipennis Bechyné, Colaspis lebasi (Lefèvre, 1878)
1951 Colaspis leucopus (Harold, 1875)
Chalcophana effulgens subsp. effulgens Bechyné, Colaspis lividipes subsp. offerta Bechyné, 1953
1951 Colaspis maida Bechyné, 1954
Chalcophana elongata Jacoby, 1897 Colaspis pantaria subsp. emarginatior Bechyné,
Chalcophana erichsoni Jacoby, 1900 1951
Chalcophana euxina Bechyné, 1951 Colaspis lutescens Lefèvre, 1886
Chalcophana excellens Bechyné, 1951 Colaspis pumilio (Lefèvre, 1884)
Chalcophana femorata Erichson, 1847 Colaspisspurpaticornis Erichson, 1847
Chalcophana gigas Jacoby, 1879 Colaspis tabacilla Bechyné, 1951
Chalcophana illustris Erichson, 1847 Colaspoides alcyonea Erichson, 1847
Chalcophana insignis Lefèvre, 1876 Colaspoides bicolor Bechyné, 1953
Chalcophana jacobyi Baly, 1881 Colaspoides chanchamayensis Bechyné, 1950
Chalcophana jacobyi subsp. jacobyi Baly, 1881 Colaspoides igneicollis Lefèvre, 1891
Chalcophana jacobyi subsp. parvinotota Bechyné, Colaspoides peruana Jacoby, 1879
1951 Colaspoides placidula Bechyné, 1950
Chalcophana minarum Bechyné, 1950 Colaspoides weyrauchi Bechyné, 1950
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Corysthea admissa Bechyné, 1953 Metaxyonycha fasciata Lefèvre, 1875

Corysthea peruviana Bechyné, 1951 Metaxyonycha flavofasciata Bowditch, 1921
Corysthea ruficollis Lefèvre, 1889 Metaxyonycha lefevrei Harold, 1875
Costalimaita ferruginea subsp. vulgata Lefèvre, 1885 Metaxyonycha lima Bechyné, 1955
Deuteronoda brunneovittata Bechyné, 1958 Metaxyonycha roseovittata Bechyné, 1949
Drakhshandus gemma (Fabricius, 1798) Metaxyonycha schinicola Bechyné, 1958
Entomochirus sericeus Lefèvre, 1884 Metaxyonycha weyrauchi Bechyné, 1950
Eriphylina vicina Lefèvre, 1891 Nodocolaspis costipennis Lefèvre, 1877
Eumolpus prasinus Erichson, 1847 Nodocolaspis costipennis subsp. cayennensis
Eumolpus viriditarsus Springlová, 1960 Bechyné, 1955
Eumolpus viriditarsus subsp. scintillans Springlová, Nycterodina (Nycterodina) freyi Bechyné, 1955
1960 Nycterodina (Nycterodina) lilibetha Bechyné, 1955
Frenais peruana Jacoby, 1903 Nycterodina (Nycterodinella) immetallica
Freudeita parellina (Erichson, 1847) Bechyné & Bechyné, 1961
Freudeita peruviana (Bowditch, 1921) Nycterodina (Nycterodinella) nigrita (Baly, 1878)
Freudeita porosa (Jacoby, 1900) Nycterodina (Nycterodinella) subcostata Jacoby,
Freudeita proligens Bechyné, 1951 1900
Freudeita violacea subsp. cyaneoazurea Bechyné, Nycterodina (Nycterodina) thoracica (Jacoby,
1951 1900)
Glyptoscelis fascicularis Baly, 1865 Otilea foveipennis Jacoby, 1900
Hermesia jacobyi Bowditch, 1921 Otilea peruana Jacoby, 1903
Hermesia auratus (Olivier, 1808) Otilea tarsalis Jacoby, 1879
Hylax auratus (Olivier, 1808) Percolaspis albicincta Erichson, 1847
Hylax bacca Erichson, 1847 Percolaspis boliviana Bowditch, 1921
Hylax continuus (Bechyné, 1949) Percolaspis buckleyi subsp. incomparabilis
Hylax coroicensis subsp. supcorpulentus Bechyné, (Bechyné, 1953)
1958 Percolaspis manca (Erichson, 1847)
Hylax dimidiatus (Jacoby, 1900) Percolaspis manca Erichson, 1847
Hylax flavipes (Lefèvre, 1885) Percolaspis ornata (Germar, 1824)
Hylax marcapatensis Bechyné, 1955 Percolaspis ornata subsp. elegantissima Bechyné,
Hylax peruanus (Lefèvre, 1895) 1950
Ischyrolampra batesi Baly, 1878 Percolaspis ornatipennis (Jacoby, 1900)
Ischyrolampra lampros Lefèvre, 1888 Percolaspis pulchella (Lefèvre, 1877)
Ischyrolampra (Ischyrolamprina) perla (Bechyné, Percolaspis pumilio (Lefèvre, 1884)
1950) Percolaspis rugosa (Lefèvre, 1877)
Ischyrolamprina (Ischyrolamprina) peruana Percolaspis rugosa subsp. cuprascens Bechyné, 1953
Lefèvre, 1891 Percolaspis rugosa subsp. pulchella (Lefèvre, 1877)
Ischyrolamprina (Pseudoischyrolamprina) perla Phaneata peruviana Bechyné, 1958
(Bechyné, 1950) Podoxenus longicornis Bechyné, 1950
Isolepronota femorata ab. peruana Lefèvre, 1876 Podoxenus lutescens (Lefèvre, 1886)
Isolepronota femorata ab. tingomariana Bechnyé, Podoxenus mercedes Bechyné, 1953
1949 Podoxenus peruvianus Lefèvre, 1885
Isolepronota femorata subsp. huallagensis Bechyné, Prionodera bicolor subsp. tenuepunctata Bechyné,
1949 1950
Lamprosphaerus coccinellinus Bechyné, 1950 Prionodera kirschi (Lefèvre, 1877)
Lamprosphaerus fulgidus Lefèvre, 1885 Prionodera lutea Erichson, 1847
Lamprosphaerus granarius (Erichson, 1847) Prionodera merana Bechyné, 1950
Lamprosphaerus plagioderoides Bechyné, 1955 Prionodera peruviana (Bechyné, 1951)
Lamprosphaerus rufiventris (Erichson, 1847) Rhabdopterus apicipes Jacoby, 1900
Leprocolaspis haroldi (Jacoby, 1879) Rhabdopterus bacca Erichson, 1847
Lepronota peruana Lefèvre, 1876 Rhabdopterus grossus Bechyné, 1955
Longeumolpus amabilis Blake, 1964 Rhabdopterus ignotus Bowditch, 1921
Lycaste lefevrei (Harold, 1875) Rhabdopterus imitans Jacoby, 1900
Lycaste munifica (Erichson, 1847) Rhabdopterus oralis Bechnyé, 1953
Metaxyonycha angusta subsp. kosñipata n. ssp. loc. Rhabdopterus peruensis Jacoby, 1900
(Bechyné, 1968) Rhabdopterus spurcaticornis (Erichson, 1847)
Metaxyonycha chotana (Bechyné, 1958) Rhabdopterus sulcipennis Bowditch, 1921
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Rhabdopterus weyrauchi Bechnyé, 1950 Spintherophyta peruana Jacoby, 1898

Sphaeropis auropilosa Lefèvre, 1876 Spintherophyta subsericea Bechyné, 1955
Sphaeropis brunnipes Lefèvre, 1876 Spintherophyta tarsalis (Lefèvre, 1885)
Sphaeropis nigricornis Lefèvre, 1876 Sternocolaspis peruana (Jacoby, 1903)
Spintherophyta igneicollis subsp. peruana Jacoby, Sterneurus penetrans Bechyné, 1950
1898 Zenocolaspis inconstans (Lefèvre, 1878)
Spintherophyta jucunda Lefèvre, 1885 Zenocolaspis inconstans subsp. lividipes (Lefèvre, 1884)
Spintherophyta melania Bechyné, 1955

Leprotini
Habrophora altimontana Bechyné, 1951 Habrophora varia Erichson, 1847
Habrophora lateralis Erichson, 1847

Megascelini
Megascelis lemoides Monrós, 1959 Megascelis puella Lacordaire, 1845

Myochroini
Myochrous immundus Erichson, 1847 Myochrous longipes Blake, 1950
Myochrous geminus Blake, 1950

Stenomelini
Stenomela pallida Erichson, 1847
Typophorini
Periparia altimontana Bechyné, 1951 Typophorus nigritus subsp. viridicyaneus
Typophorus diomedes Bechyné, 1955 (Crotch 1873)
Typophorus intermedius Lefèvre, 1876 Typophorus pusillus Lefèvre, 1876
Typophorus minutus Lefèvre, 1876 Typophorus quinquemaculatus Erichson, 1847
Typophorus nigritus subsp. nigritus
(Fabricius, 1801)

Acknowledgements
We acknowledge NSF-EPSCoR #66928 (PI: CS Chaboo) for supporting the
‘Beetles of Peru’ project and the University of Kansas’ Department of Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology-General Research Fund (PI: CS Chaboo) for funding this
publication. The research of R. W. Flowers was financed in part by the Proyecto
Prometeo of the Secretarı́a de Educación Superior, Ciencia, Tecnologı́a e Inovación,
Quito, Ecuador. We thank Claus Rasmussen and Rob Westerduijn for pointing out
relevant literatura and two anonymous reviewers for comments that improved the
manuscript.

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