Spilopyra
Spilopyra sumptuosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Spilopyrinae
Genus: Spilopyra
Baly, 1860[1]
Type species
Spilopyra sumptuosa
Baly, 1860

Spilopyra is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Spilopyrinae. It is found in Australia and New Guinea.

The genus is distinguished from other genera in Spilopyrinae by highly contrasting patterns of metallic color on its head, pronotum and elytra.[2]

Species

  • Spilopyra safrina Reid & Beatson, 2010[2]
  • Spilopyra scratchley Reid & Beatson, 2010[2]
  • Spilopyra semiramis Reid & Beatson, 2010[2]
  • Spilopyra stirlingi Lea, 1914[3]
  • Spilopyra sumptuosa Baly, 1860[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Baly, J. S. (1860). "Descriptions of New Genera and Species of Eumolpidae". The Journal of Entomology. 1 (1): 23–36.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Reid, C. A. M.; Beatson, M. (2010). "Revision of the Australo-Papuan genus Spilopyra Baly (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Spilopyrinae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2692: 1–32. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.2692.1.1. S2CID 4509049. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-02-28.
  3. ↑ Lea, A.M. (1914). "Notes on some miscellaneous Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 38: 249–344.


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