Epitrix
Genus of beetles
Epitrix | |
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Epitrix fasciata | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Chrysomelidae |
Tribe: | Alticini |
Genus: | Epitrix Foudras in Mulsant, 1860 |
Type species | |
Epitrix atropae Foudras in Mulsant, 1860 | |
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Epitrix is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are 162 described species in Epitrix, which occur in all continents except Australia and Antarctica.[1] Many species of the genus are serious pests of potatoes and other plants in the Solanaceae family.
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Species
- Epitrix abeillei (Bauduer, 1874)
- Epitrix aeneicollis Jacoby, 1891
- Epitrix aethiopica (Weise, 1910)
- Epitrix aethiopica aethiopica (Weise, 1910)
- Epitrix aethiopica major Bechyné, 1960
- Epitrix allardii (Wollaston, 1860)
- Epitrix aloisia Bechyné, 1956
- Epitrix anahoria Bechyné & Springlova de Bechyné, 1960
- Epitrix angelina Bechyné & Springlova de Bechyné, 1960
- Epitrix angostura Bechyné, 1959
- Epitrix apanecana Bechyné & Springlova de Bechyné, 1960
- Epitrix apicicornis Baly, 1876
- Epitrix argentinensis Bryant, 1940
- Epitrix atomaria Weise, 1929
- Epitrix atomarioides Bechyné, 1955
- Epitrix atripes Harold, 1875
- Epitrix atripes atripes Harold, 1875
- Epitrix atripes silvicola Bechyné & Springlova de Bechyné, 1960
- Epitrix atropae Foudras, 1860
- Epitrix auricoma Bechyné & Springlova de Bechyné, 1960
- Epitrix bamendaensis Scherer, 1959
- Epitrix beniensis Bechyné, 1959
- Epitrix biscuta Bechyné & Springlova de Bechyné, 1961
- Epitrix biscuta biscuta Bechyné & Springlova de Bechyné, 1961
- Epitrix biscuta diluta Bechyné, 1966
- Epitrix brevis Schwarz, 1878
- Epitrix carecuruensis Bechyné & Springlova de Bechyné, 1960
- Epitrix catharina Bechyné, 1955
- Epitrix caucasica (Heikertinger, 1950)
- Epitrix cochabamba Bechyné, 1955
- Epitrix convexa Jacoby, 1885
- Epitrix coroicensis Bechyné, 1955
- Epitrix cucumeris (Harris, 1851) (potato flea beetle)
- Epitrix dalaba Bechyné, 1955
- Epitrix darwini Bryant, 1942
- Epitrix deborah Bechyné, 1955
- Epitrix dieckmanni (Mohr, 1968)
- Epitrix dilaticornis Jacoby, 1885
- Epitrix domenica Bechyné & Springlova de Bechyné, 1961
- Epitrix domenica domenica Bechyné & Springlova de Bechyné, 1961
- Epitrix domenica melanopicea Bechyné, 1966
- Epitrix egleri Bechyné & Springlova de Bechyné, 1961
- Epitrix ermischi (Mohr, 1968)
- Epitrix fallada Bechyné, 1955
- Epitrix fasciata Blatchley, 1918 (banded epitrix)
- Epitrix flaveola Harold, 1875
- Epitrix flavotestacea Horn, 1894
- Epitrix forsteri Bechyné, 1959
- Epitrix fulvicornis Jacoby, 1889
- Epitrix fuscata (Jacquelin-Duval, 1857)
- Epitrix fuscula Crotch, 1873 (eggplant flea beetle)
- Epitrix halophila Bechyné & Springlová de Bechyné, 1978
- Epitrix harilana Bechyné, 1997
- Epitrix harilana harilana Bechyné, 1997
- Epitrix harilana rubia Bechyné, 1997
- Epitrix haroldi Jacoby, 1885
- Epitrix hepperi Bryant, 1951
- Epitrix hirtipennis (F. E. Melsheimer, 1847) (tobacco flea beetle)
- Epitrix hirtula Harold, 1875
- Epitrix humeralis Dury, 1906
- Epitrix impressa Laboissière, 1942
- Epitrix impressicollis Scherer, 1959
- Epitrix inflatipes Bechyné, 1955
- Epitrix integralis Bechyné & Springlová de Bechyné, 1960
- Epitrix integricollis Jacoby, 1897
- Epitrix intermedia Foudras, 1860
- Epitrix jacobyi Weise, 1929
- Epitrix jariensis Bechyné & Springlová de Bechyné, 1965
- Epitrix jokoensis Bechyné, 1955
- Epitrix krali Döberl, 2000
- Epitrix lacustris Bechyné & Springlová de Bechyné, 1960
- Epitrix laevifrons Weise, 1895
- Epitrix laticollis Scherer, 1960
- Epitrix limonensis Bechyné, 1997
- Epitrix linda Bechyné & Springlová de Bechyné, 1961
- Epitrix lobata Crotch, 1873
- Epitrix lomasa Maulik, 1926
- Epitrix lucidula Harold, 1875
- Epitrix manoria Bechyné & Springlová de Bechyné, 1961
- Epitrix mercuria Bechyné, 1955
- Epitrix metallica Jacoby, 1891
- Epitrix minuta Jacoby, 1885
- Epitrix miraflora Bechyné, 1955
- Epitrix mirifica Scherer, 1960
- Epitrix monochroma Bechyné, 1955
- Epitrix montana Jacoby, 1885
- Epitrix muehlei Döberl, 2000
- Epitrix murina Harold, 1875
- Epitrix nicolina Bechyné & Springlová de Bechyné, 1960
- Epitrix nicotianae Bryant, 1936
- Epitrix nigroaenea Harold, 1875
- Epitrix nigropicta Bryant, 1951
- Epitrix nitens Weise, 1929
- Epitrix ninfa Bechyné & Springlová de Bechyné, 1960
- Epitrix nonsulcata Laboissière, 1942
- Epitrix nucea Baly, 1876
- Epitrix nycteroptera Bechyné & Springlová de Bechyné, 1960
- Epitrix obliterata Jacoby, 1891
- Epitrix ocobamba Bechyné, 1955
- Epitrix ogloblini (Iablokov-Khnzorian, 1960)
- Epitrix opacicollis Harold, 1875
- Epitrix paludicola Champion, 1920
- Epitrix papa Orlova-Bienkowskaja, 2015
- Epitrix parioides Bechyné, 1955
- Epitrix pectoralis Weise, 1929
- Epitrix pellucida Weise, 1921
- Epitrix penta Bechyné & Springlová de Bechyné, 1965
- Epitrix perquinensis Bechyné & Springlova de Bechyné, 1960
- Epitrix pertinax Scherer, 1960
- Epitrix piceomarginata Jacoby, 1891
- Epitrix plaumanni Bechyné, 1955
- Epitrix polyphaga Bechyné, 1997
- Epitrix priesneri (Heikertinger, 1950)
- Epitrix puberula (Boheman, 1859)
- Epitrix pubescens (Koch, 1803)
- Epitrix pubipennis Bryant, 1930
- Epitrix pulchella Jacoby, 1885
- Epitrix pulla Harold, 1875
- Epitrix puncticollis Jacoby, 1885
- Epitrix pygmaea Harold, 1875
- Epitrix quadriplagiata Bryant, 1951
- Epitrix ranquela Bechyné, 1955
- Epitrix ranquela ranquela Bechyné, 1955
- Epitrix ranquela gynandra Bechyné, 1959
- Epitrix ranquela insuavis Bechyné, 1997
- Epitrix ranquela aliena Bechyné & Springlová de Bechyné, 1961
- Epitrix riobrancoensis Scherer, 1960
- Epitrix robusta Jacoby, 1891
- Epitrix ruderalis Bechyné & Springlová de Bechyné, 1978
- Epitrix rufula Weise, 1929
- Epitrix rugipleura Bechyné & Springlová de Bechyné, 1978
- Epitrix salomona Bechyné, 1955
- Epitrix scenica Bechyné, 1955
- Epitrix sejuncta Baly, 1876
- Epitrix sensitiva Bechyné & Springlová de Bechyné, 1978
- Epitrix serratula Baly, 1876
- Epitrix setosella (Fairmaire, 1888)
- Epitrix similaris Gentner, 1944
- Epitrix simplex Weise, 1921
- Epitrix solani (Blatchley, 1925)
- Epitrix spyria Bechyné, 1955
- Epitrix suavis Bechyné, 1955
- Epitrix subcostata Jacoby, 1885
- Epitrix subcrinita (J. L. LeConte, 1857) (western potato flea beetle)
- Epitrix subfusca Jacoby, 1897
- Epitrix subglabrata Jacoby, 1885
- Epitrix subtilis Harold, 1875
- Epitrix subvestita Baly, 1876
- Epitrix subviolacea Bechyné & Springlová de Bechyné, 1978
- Epitrix sylvicola Bryant, 1953
- Epitrix tantula Harold, 1875
- Epitrix thoracica Jacoby, 1885
- Epitrix thoracolysa Bechyné & Springlová de Bechyné, 1960
- Epitrix tincticollis Weise, 1929
- Epitrix torrida Baly, 1876
- Epitrix torvi Bryant, 1936
- Epitrix tovarensis Bechyné, 1997
- Epitrix tovarensis tovarensis Bechyné, 1997
- Epitrix tovarensis meridensis Bechyné, 1997
- Epitrix trapezophora Bechyné & Springlová de Bechyné, 1978
- Epitrix triangularis Bechyné & Springlová de Bechyné, 1960
- Epitrix trichogramma Bechyné, 1997
- Epitrix tuberis Gentner, 1944 (tuber flea beetle)
- Epitrix tucumanensis Bechyné, 1955
- Epitrix ubaquensis Harold, 1875
- Epitrix ubaquensis ubaquensis Harold, 1875
- Epitrix ubaquensis venezuelensis Jacoby, 1889
- Epitrix uruguayica Bryant, 1942
- Epitrix vestita (Boheman, 1859)
- Epitrix victoria Bechyné, 1955
- Epitrix villosa Harold, 1876
- Epitrix vincentina Bechyné & Springlová de Bechyné, 1960
- Epitrix violacea Jacoby, 1885
- Epitrix virgulata Harold, 1875
- Epitrix warchalowskii (Mohr, 1968)
- Epitrix weisei Jacoby, 1897
- Epitrix weyrauchi Bechyné, 1959
- Epitrix wittmeri Bechyné, 1955
- Epitrix yanazara Bechyné, 1959
- Epitrix yungarum Bechyné, 1955
References
- Riley, Edward G., Shawn M. Clark, and Terry N. Seeno (2003). "Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae)". Coleopterists Society Special Publication no. 1, 290.
Further reading
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- Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
- Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.