Dictyneis
Genus of leaf beetles from Chile
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Dictyneis is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is endemic to Chile.[2] It is apterous.[3]
| Dictyneis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Eumolpinae |
| Tribe: | Bromiini |
| Genus: | Dictyneis Baly, 1865[1] |
| Type species | |
| (See text) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Myochrous Blanchard, 1851 | |
Taxonomy
The original type species designated for Dictyneis was Myochrous pulvinosus Blanchard, 1851.[1] This species was moved to Glyptoscelis by Jerez and Berti (1987),[4] which would automatically make Dictyneis a synonym of Glyptoscelis. However, Jerez (1991) then designated Myochrous asperatus Blanchard, 1851 as the type species,[3] which is considered invalid by Elgueta, Daccordi & Zoia (2017).[2] Despite this, Dictyneis continues to be used, as it is intended that a submission to the ICZN will be made to preserve the name.[2][3]
Species
- Dictyneis asperatus (Blanchard, 1851)
- Dictyneis brevispinus Jerez, 1991[3]
- Dictyneis campanensis Jerez, 1991[3]
- Dictyneis canaliculatus Jacoby, 1900[5]
- Dictyneis conspurcatus (Blanchard, 1851)
- Dictyneis humilis (Blanchard, 1851)
- Dictyneis parvus Jerez, 1991[3]
- Dictyneis quadridentatus (Philippi & Philippi, 1864)
- Dictyneis terrosus (Philippi & Philippi, 1864)