Pathius
Genus of leaf beetles from Africa
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Pathius is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae.[4] It is known from Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
| Pathius | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Eumolpinae |
| Tribe: | Euryopini |
| Genus: | Pathius Aslam, 1968[1] |
| Type species | |
| Taphius flavus | |
| Synonyms | |
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Taphius Jacoby, 1897 | |
The genus was originally named Taphius by Martin Jacoby in 1897; however, this name was preoccupied by Taphius Adams, 1855 (a genus in Mollusca, currently a synonym of Biomphalaria Preston, 1910) and Taphius Rafinesque, 1815 (a nomen nudum genus in Crustacea), so it was renamed to Pathius by N. A. Aslam in 1968.
Species
- Pathius daccordii Zoia, 2020[5]
- Pathius flavus (Jacoby, 1897)[3]
- Pathius maculatus (Bryant, 1957)[6]
- Pathius major (Weise, 1912)[7]
- Pathius pallidus (Weise, 1912)[7]
- Pathius pici Zoia, 2019[8]
- Pathius tanganikanus (Burgeon, 1941)
- Pathius variabilis (Selman, 1963)
- Pathius vulgaris (Chapuis, 1879)[9] (Phascus?)