Spilopyra is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Spilopyrinae. It is found in eastern Australia and New Guinea.
| Spilopyra | |
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| Spilopyra sumptuosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Spilopyrinae |
| Genus: | Spilopyra Baly, 1860[1] |
| Type species | |
| Spilopyra sumptuosa Baly, 1860
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The genus is distinguished from other genera in Spilopyrinae by highly contrasting patterns of metallic color on its head, pronotum and elytra.[2]
Species
edit- Spilopyra safrina Reid & Beatson, 2010[2] – north Queensland
- Spilopyra scratchley Reid & Beatson, 2010[2] – eastern New Guinea
- Spilopyra semiramis Reid & Beatson, 2010[2] – central New Guinea
- Spilopyra stirlingi Lea, 1914[3] – north Queensland
- Spilopyra sumptuosa Baly, 1860[1] – central Queensland to northern New South Wales
References
edit- ^ a b Baly, J. S. (1860). "Descriptions of New Genera and Species of Eumolpidae". The Journal of Entomology. 1 (1): 23–36.
- ^ a b c d Reid, C. A. M.; Beatson, M. (2010). "Revision of the Australo-Papuan genus Spilopyra Baly (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Spilopyrinae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2692: 1–32. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.2692.1.1. S2CID 4509049. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-02-28.
- ^ Lea, A.M. (1914). "Notes on some miscellaneous Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 38: 249–344.
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