Promechus is a genus of beetles belonging to the Chrysomelidae family.
| Promechus | |
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| Promechus splendens from Papua New Guinea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Chrysomelinae |
| Genus: | Promechus Boisduval, 1835 |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Aesernia Stål, 1860 | |
List of species
editThe genus includes the following species:[1][2]
- Promechus abidi Gressitt & Hart, 1974
- Promechus arcuatus (Clavareau, 1912)
- Promechus australicus (Jacoby, 1887)
- Promechus bimaculatus (Weise, 1918)
- Promechus buprestoides Gressitt & Hart, 1974
- Promechus corallipes (Gestro, 1875)
- Promechus costatus (Jacoby, 1906)
- Promechus eburneocinctus Gressitt & Hart, 1974
- Promechus formosus (Gestro, 1876)
- Promechus gestroi (Jacoby, 1906)
- Promechus giganteus Gressitt & Hart, 1974
- Promechus helleri (Clavareau, 1906)
- Promechus inflatus Gressitt & Hart, 1974
- Promechus lacustris Gressitt & Hart, 1974
- Promechus latefasciatus (Jacoby, 1887)
- Promechus magnificus (Baly, 1863)
- Promechus meeki (Jacoby, 1906)
- Promechus metallicus Gressitt & Hart, 1974
- Promechus montanus (Heller, 1910)
- Promechus moszkowskii (Kuntzen, 1913)
- Promechus orientalis Gressitt & Hart, 1974
- Promechus paniae Gressitt & Hart, 1974
- Promechus parentheticus Gressitt & Hart, 1974
- Promechus parvus Gressitt & Hart, 1974
- Promechus pittospori Gressitt & Hart, 1974
- Promechus prosopon Gressitt & Hart, 1974
- Promechus pulchellus (Gestro, 1876)
- Promechus pulcher Gressitt & Hart, 1974
- Promechus regalis (Baly, 1863)
- Promechus schefflerae Gressitt & Hart, 1974
- Promechus sculpturatus (Heller, 1910)
- Promechus sedlacekorum Gressitt & Hart, 1974
- Promechus shanahani Gressitt & Hart, 1974
- Promechus splendens (Guérin-Méneville, 1833)
- Promechus straatmani Gressitt & Hart, 1974
- Promechus stygicus Gressitt & Hart, 1974
- Promechus subapicalis Gressitt & Hart, 1974
- Promechus sulcatus Gressitt & Hart, 1974
- Promechus sumptuosus (Gestro, 1876)
- Promechus telefominus Gressitt & Hart, 1974
- Promechus toxopei Gressitt & Hart, 1974
- Promechus tripartitus (Lea, 1915)
- Promechus variicollis Gressitt & Hart, 1974
- Promechus whitei (Baly, 1861)
References
edit- ^ a b Reid, C.A.M. (2006). "A taxonomic revision of the Australian Chrysomelinae, with a key to the genera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Zootaxa. 1292: 1–119. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1292.1.1. (Erratum: doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1306.1.6)
- ^ Gressitt, J.L.; Hart, A.D. (1974). "Chrysomelid beetles from the Papuan subregion, 8 (Chrysomelinae, 1)" (PDF). Pacific Insects. 16 (2–3): 261–306.