Chloropterus
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| Chloropterus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Eumolpinae |
| Tribe: | Typophorini |
| Genus: | Chloropterus Morawitz, 1861[1] |
| Type species | |
| Heterocnemis versicolor Morawitz, 1860 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Chloropterus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae.[3] It is distributed in Eastern Europe, West to Central Asia and North Africa.[4][5]
The genus was originally established under the name Heterocnemis by the Russian entomologist Ferdinand Morawitz in 1860 for a single species, Heterocnemis versicolor. However, the name Heterocnemis had already been used for a genus of flower chafers (Cetoniinae), so Morawitz renamed his genus to Chloropterus the following year.