Acrothinium

Genus of beetles from Asia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Acrothinium is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It contains three species, which are distributed in East Asia.[2]

Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Suborder:Polyphaga
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Acrothinium
Acrothinium gaschkevitchii
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Bromiini
Genus: Acrothinium
Marshall, 1865[1]
Type species
Chrysochus gaschkevitchii
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Species

  • Acrothinium cupricolle Jacoby, 1888[3] – East China (Fujian, Jiangxi, Zhejiang)
  • Acrothinium cyaneum Chen, 1940 – South China (Hainan)
  • Acrothinium gaschkevitchii (Motschulsky, 1861)
    • Acrothinium gaschkevitchii gaschkevitchii (Motschulsky, 1861) – East China (Fujian, Jiangxi, Zhejiang), Taiwan, Japan, South Korea[4]
    • Acrothinium gaschkevitchii matsuii Nakane, 1956 – Japan (Okinoerabu)
    • Acrothinium gaschkevitchii okinawense Nakane, 1985 – Japan (Okinawa)
    • Acrothinium gaschkevitchii shirakii Nakane, 1956 – Japan (Amami Ōshima, Okinawa)
    • Acrothinium gaschkevitchii tokaraense Nakane, 1956 – Japan (Tokara Islands)

Synonyms:

  • Acrothinium hirsutum Tan & Wang, 2005:[5] moved to Heterotrichus[6]
  • Acrothinium piffli Mandl, 1965: synonym of Colasposoma ornatum Jacoby, 1881[6]
  • Acrothinium violaceum Jacoby, 1889: synonym of Heterotrichus balyi Chapuis, 1874[7]

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