Atomyria
Genus of leaf beetles
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Atomyria is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in Central Asia and Iran.[2][3] In 2012, the genus was moved from the tribe Bromiini to the tribe Nodinini (now known as Typophorini).[4] In 2020, the genus was revised by A. G. Moseyko, who described a new species and transferred two species to Chloropterus, leaving only two valid species remaining within Atomyria.[3]
| Atomyria | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Eumolpinae |
| Tribe: | Typophorini |
| Genus: | Atomyria Jacobson, 1894[1] |
| Type species | |
| Nodostoma sarafschanica Solsky, 1881 | |
Members of the genus inhabit tugai forests.[4] The known distribution of Atomyria also corresponds very closely with the distribution of the desert shrub genus Tamarix.[5]
Species
Atomyria includes only two valid species:[3]
- Atomyria kermanshahica Moseyko, 2020 – Iran (Kermanshah Province)
- Atomyria sarafschanica (Solsky, 1881) – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
The following species were formerly included, but have since been transferred to the genus Chloropterus.[3]