''Abirus'' is a genus of
leaf beetles in the subfamily
Eumolpinae. It is distributed from the
Malay Archipelago
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to the
Indian subcontinent,
China
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, and the
Ryukyu Islands.
The genus was first established by the Belgian entomologist
Félicien Chapuis in 1874, as a split of ''
Dermorhytis''.
Species
The following species are placed in the genus:
* ''
Abirus aeneus''
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*Barbara Wiedemann (born 1945), American poet
* Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann (1770–1840), German physician, historian, naturalist
*Elisabeth Wiedemann (1926-2015), Ger ...
, 1821)
* ''
Abirus andamansis''
Lefèvre, 1891
* ''
Abirus angustatus''
Lefèvre, 1887
* ''
Abirus apicalis''
( Baly, 1867)
* ''
Abirus balyi''
Medvedev, 2019
* ''
Abirus ceylonicus''
Jacoby, 1908
* ''
Abirus coerulea''
( Jacoby, 1877)
* ''
Abirus elegans''
( Baly, 1864)
* ''
Abirus elongatus''
Jacoby, 1908
* ''
Abirus flavopilosus''
Jacoby, 1884
* ''
Abirus fortunei''
( Baly, 1861)
* ''
Abirus globicollis''
Lefèvre, 1890
* ''
Abirus hageni''
Lefèvre, 1887
* ''
Abirus igneicollis''
Jacoby, 1908
* ''
Abirus laticornis''
Tan, 1982
* ''
Abirus philippinensis''
( Baly, 1867)
* ''
Abirus piceipes''
( Baly, 1867)
* ''
Abirus puberulus''
Lefèvre, 1876
* ''
Abirus rubripes''
Lefèvre, 1885
* ''
Abirus speciosus''
Jacoby, 1895
* ''
Abirus subrugosus''
Jacoby, 1884
* ''
Abirus tuberculipennis''
Lefèvre, 1885
* ''
Abirus vaksovi''
Medvedev & Romantsov, 2014
* ''
Abirus violaceus''
Jacoby, 1884
* ''
Abirus xishuangensis''
Tan, 1982
Synonyms:
* ''Abirus denticollis''
Lefèvre, 1893: synonym of ''
Abirus fortunei''
( Baly, 1861)
* ''Abirus granosus''
Lefèvre, 1893: synonym of ''
Abirus fortunei''
( Baly, 1861)
* ''Abirus harmandi''
Lefèvre, 1876: synonym of ''
Abirus fortunei''
( Baly, 1861)
* ''Abirus kiotoensis''
Pic, 1944: synonym of ''
Abirus fortunei''
( Baly, 1861)
* ''Abirus yashiroi''
Yuasa, 1930:
synonym of ''
Abirus fortunei''
( Baly, 1861)
References
Eumolpinae
Chrysomelidae genera
Taxa named by Félicien Chapuis
Beetles of Asia
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