''Rhembastus'' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae, native to Africa. Whilst the taxonomy of the genus is disputed, the genus has been suggested as a

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Bryophyllum delagoense ''Kalanchoe delagoensis'', formerly known as ''Bryophyllum delagoense'' and commonly called mother of millions or chandelier plant, is a succulent plant native to Madagascar. Like other members of '' Bryophyllum'' (now included in ''Kalanchoe'') ...

'' in Australia.

Taxonomy

The genus was first identified by the German entomologist

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in 1877 from species in Madagascar, Nyassa and Port Natal. By 1914, 18 different species had already been recorded from Madagascar. In 1965, Brian J. Selman reduced the size of the genus by 45 species, transferring them to other genera such as '' Paraivongius'', '' Massartia'' and '' Sarum''. He also suggested that a revision of the Eumolpinae of Madagascar would produce a complete generic separation of the Madagascan and African species. In 2006, it was suggested that a full revision of the genus is necessary.

Species

Species from Africa: * '' Rhembastus apicalis'' Pic, 1940 * '' Rhembastus apicicollis'' Burgeon, 1941 * '' Rhembastus atripennis'' Pic, 1939 * '' Rhembastus atriventris'' Pic, 1939 * '' Rhembastus benuensis'' Weise, 1907 * '' Rhembastus bipunctatus'' Selman, 1972 * '' Rhembastus brevicornis'' ( Jacoby, 1904) * '' Rhembastus collaris'' ( Gerstaecker, 1871) * '' Rhembastus crampeli'' Pic, 1952 * '' Rhembastus crassus'' Burgeon, 1941 * '' Rhembastus discoidalis'' Pic, 1939 * '' Rhembastus diversicolor'' Pic, 1939 * '' Rhembastus flavidus'' Lefèvre, 1890 * '' Rhembastus impressicostatus'' Pic, 1940 * '' Rhembastus laticollis'' Burgeon, 1942 * '' Rhembastus maculatus'' ( Lefèvre, 1877) * '' Rhembastus mandolloides'' Selman, 1972 * '' Rhembastus mechowi'' ( Weise, 1883) * '' Rhembastus melanostictus'' Fairmaire, 1886 * '' Rhembastus metalliconotatus'' Pic, 1939 * '' Rhembastus natalensis'' ( Lefèvre, 1877) * '' Rhembastus niger'' Burgeon, 1941 * '' Rhembastus perarmatus'' Burgeon, 1941 * '' Rhembastus piceus'' Zoia, 2017 * '' Rhembastus punctatosulcatus'' Fairmaire, 1887 * '' Rhembastus remaudierei'' Jolivet, 1953 * '' Rhembastus ruficolor'' Pic, 1941 * '' Rhembastus rufiventris'' Pic, 1953 * '' Rhembastus rufocinctus'' Pic, 1939 * '' Rhembastus rufofasciatus'' Pic, 1952 * '' Rhembastus rufohumeralis'' Pic, 1939 * '' Rhembastus semiviolaceus'' Pic, 1952 * '' Rhembastus simoni'' ( Weise, 1883) * '' Rhembastus striatipennis'' Lefèvre, 1891 * '' Rhembastus testaceoapicalis'' Pic, 1939 * '' Rhembastus usambaricus'' Weise, 1907 * '' Rhembastus variabilis'' Harold, 1877 * '' Rhembastus xanthocnemis'' Weise, 1907 Species from Madagascar: * '' Rhembastus abbreviatus'' ( Jacoby, 1897) * '' Rhembastus ambohibyensis'' Bechyné, 1960 * '' Rhembastus ampanefenae'' Bechyné, 1953 * '' Rhembastus androyensis'' Bechyné, 1956 * '' Rhembastus antennatus'' Jacoby, 1892 * '' Rhembastus antsirabensis'' Bechyné, 1954 * '' Rhembastus apicicornis'' Jacoby, 1897 * '' Rhembastus asuefactus'' Bechyné, 1950 * '' Rhembastus atomarius'' ( Lefèvre, 1877) * '' Rhembastus attelaboides'' ( Fairmaire, 1886) * '' Rhembastus augur'' Bechyné, 1947 * '' Rhembastus caeruleipennis'' Jacoby, 1901 * '' Rhembastus centralis'' Bechyné, 1956 * '' Rhembastus chatanayi'' Bechyné, 1960 * '' Rhembastus circumductus'' Bechyné, 1953 * '' Rhembastus colasi'' Bechyné, 1956 * '' Rhembastus congener'' Bechyné, 1946 * '' Rhembastus coquillati'' Bechyné, 1947 * '' Rhembastus costulifer'' Bechyné, 1947 * '' Rhembastus dimidiaticornis'' Jacoby, 1892 * '' Rhembastus dissutus'' Bechyné, 1951 * '' Rhembastus felicitarius'' Bechyné, 1956 * '' Rhembastus flavotibialis'' Bechyné, 1946 * '' Rhembastus fulvipennis'' (Duvivier, 1891) * '' Rhembastus geniculatus'' Harold, 1877 * '' Rhembastus gibbifer'' Bechyné, 1956 * '' Rhembastus gracilipes'' Bechyné, 1960 * '' Rhembastus hereditarius'' Bechyné, 1947 * '' Rhembastus hoberlandti'' Bechyné, 1946 * '' Rhembastus hovus'' Bechyné, 1946 * '' Rhembastus humerosus'' Weise, 1910 * '' Rhembastus imitans'' Jacoby, 1897 * '' Rhembastus jacobyi'' Weise, 1910 * '' Rhembastus janthinipennis'' ( Fairmaire, 1869) * '' Rhembastus jeanneli'' Bechyné, 1946 * '' Rhembastus joliveti'' Bechyné, 1946 * '' Rhembastus lambertoni'' Bechyné, 1946 * '' Rhembastus lebisi'' Bechyné, 1946 * '' Rhembastus lepidus'' Weise, 1910 * '' Rhembastus madagascariensis'' ( Lefèvre, 1877) * '' Rhembastus mandritsarensis'' Bechyné, 1951 ** ''Rhembastus mandritsarensis contrarius'' Bechyné, 1951 ** ''Rhembastus mandritsarensis mandritsarensis'' Bechyné, 1951 * '' Rhembastus manjakatompensis'' Bechyné, 1964 * '' Rhembastus micheli'' Bechyné, 1947 * '' Rhembastus multatitius'' Bechyné, 1964 * '' Rhembastus nanulus'' Harold, 1877 ** ''Rhembastus nanulus comorensis'' Bechyné, 1964 ** ''Rhembastus nanulus fallaciosissimus'' Bechyné, 1949 ** ''Rhembastus nanulus insularis'' ( Maulik, 1931) ** ''Rhembastus nanulus nanulus'' Harold, 1877 ** ''Rhembastus nanulus nossibeanus'' Bechyné, 1964 * '' Rhembastus nickerli'' Bechyné, 1946 * '' Rhembastus nigromaculatus'' ( Jacoby, 1892) * '' Rhembastus nubilus'' Harold, 1877 * '' Rhembastus octomaculatus'' ( Weise, 1910) * '' Rhembastus pan'' Bechyné, 1947 * '' Rhembastus parioides'' Bechyné, 1947 * '' Rhembastus pauliani'' Bechyné, 1960 * '' Rhembastus pectoralis'' Bechyné, 1946 * '' Rhembastus pensistus'' Bechyné, 1947 * '' Rhembastus perinetensis'' Bechyné, 1960 * '' Rhembastus persimilis'' Bechyné, 1946 * '' Rhembastus persimplex'' Weise, 1910 * '' Rhembastus pusillus'' Harold, 1877 * '' Rhembastus quadriplagiatus'' Bechyné, 1947 * '' Rhembastus sambiranensis'' Bechyné, 1964 * '' Rhembastus schaeferi'' Bechyné, 1947 * '' Rhembastus seguyi'' Bechyné, 1960 * '' Rhembastus selectus'' Bechyné, 1946 * '' Rhembastus solicitarius'' Bechyné, 1964 * '' Rhembastus stilpnus'' Bechyné, 1947 * '' Rhembastus subangulatus'' Bechyné, 1947 * '' Rhembastus tananarivensis'' Bechyné, 1946 * '' Rhembastus tantillus'' ( Lefèvre, 1877) * '' Rhembastus tener'' Bechyné, 1960 * '' Rhembastus tibialis'' ( Lefèvre, 1877) * '' Rhembastus tonsilis'' Bechyné, 1951 * '' Rhembastus tricolor'' Bechyné, 1946 * '' Rhembastus unicostulatus'' Bechyné, 1947 Species moved to '' Paraivongius'': * ''Rhembastus inapicalis'' Pic, 1940

References

External links

List of ''Rhembastus'' species
{{Taxonbar, from=Q26903914 Chrysomelidae genera Eumolpinae Beetles of Africa Taxa named by Edgar von Harold