Promecotheca
Genus of beetles
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Promecotheca is a genus of Asian leaf beetles, typical of the tribe Promecothecini in the subfamily Cassidinae; it was erected by Émile Blanchard in 1853.[2]
| Promecotheca | |
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| Promecotheca opacicollis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Cassidinae |
| Tribe: | Promecothecini |
| Genus: | Promecotheca Blanchard, 1853 |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Freycinetispa Gressitt, 1960 | |
Species are especially well represented in New Guinea and the Pacific islands; some are minor coconut pests including: Promecotheca cumingii, P. papuana ("coconut leaf miners") and P. opacicollis: the New Hebrides coconut hispid.[3]
Species
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility[1] includes:
- Promecotheca alpiniae Maulik, 1929
- Promecotheca apicalis Weise, 1911
- Promecotheca bicolor Maulik, 1927
- Promecotheca bryantiae Gressitt, 1960
- Promecotheca caeruleipennis Blanchard, 1853
- Promecotheca callosa Baly, 1876
- Promecotheca collinsi (Gressitt, 1960)
- Promecotheca cumingii Baly, 1858
- Promecotheca cyanipes (Erichson, 1834)
- Promecotheca freycinetiae Gressitt, 1960
- Promecotheca guadala Maulik, 1932
- Promecotheca kolombangara Gressitt, 1957
- Promecotheca leveri Spaeth, 1937
- Promecotheca nuciferae Maulik, 1929
- Promecotheca octostriata Chapuis, 1876
- Promecotheca oenoptera Uhmann, 1931
- Promecotheca opacicollis Gestro, 1897
- Promecotheca palmella Gressitt, 1960
- Promecotheca palmivora Gressitt, 1960
- Promecotheca pandani Gressitt, 1960
- Promecotheca papuana Csiki, 1900
- Promecotheca petelii (Guérin-Méneville, 1840)
- Promecotheca ptychospermae Maulik, 1935
- Promecotheca pubescens Gressitt, 1957
- Promecotheca pulchella Gestro, 1917
- Promecotheca sacchari Gressitt, 1957
- Promecotheca salomonina Spaeth, 1937
- Promecotheca similis Uhmann, 1933
- Promecotheca soror Maulik, 1929
- Promecotheca straminipennis Weise, 1922
- Promecotheca superba Pic, 1924
- Promecotheca varipes Baly, 1858
- Promecotheca violacea Uhmann, 1932
