Tymnes

Tymnes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Eumolpinae
Tribe:	Eumolpini
Genus:	Tymnes Chapuis, 1874[1]
Type species
Tymnes verticalis (= Chrysomela tricolor Fabricius, 1792) Chapuis, 1874[1]

Tymnes is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known from North America and Central America. There are at least nine described species in Tymnes.[2][3][4][5]

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Species

These species belong to the genus Tymnes:[6]

• Tymnes chrysis (Olivier, 1808)^i c g b[7]
• Tymnes guatemalensis Bechyné, 1955[8]
• Tymnes metasternalis (Crotch, 1873)^i c g b[9]
• Tymnes omoplatus Lefèvre, 1885[10]
• Tymnes oregonensis (Crotch, 1873)^i c b[9][7]
• Tymnes thaleia (Blake, 1977)^i c g [11][7]
• Tymnes tibialis Bechyné, 1955[8]
• Tymnes tricolor (Fabricius, 1792)^i c g b
• Tymnes violaceus Horn, 1892^i c g [12]

Data sources: i = ITIS,[2] c = Catalogue of Life,[3] g = GBIF,[4] b = Bugguide.net[5]

References

1. Chapuis, F. (1874). "Tome dixième. Famille des phytophages". In Lacordaire, J.T.; Chapuis, F. (eds.). Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Genera des coléoptères. Vol. 10. Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. pp. i–iv, 1–455.
2. "Tymnes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
3. "Browse Tymnes". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
4. "Tymnes". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
5. "Tymnes Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
6. Bechyné, J. (1953). "Katalog der neotropischen Eumolpiden (Col. Phytoph. Chrysomeloidea)". Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey (in German). 4: 26–303.
7. Riley, Edward G.; Clark, Shawn M.; Gilbert, Arthur J. (2001). "New records, nomenclatural changes, and taxonomic notes for select North American leaf beetles". Insecta Mundi. 15 (1): 1–17.
8. Bechyné, J. (1955). "Reise des Herrn G. Frey in Südamerika: Eumolpidae (Col. Phytophaga)". Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey Tutzing bei München. 6: 569–657.
9. Crotch, G. R. (1873). "Materials for the Study of the Phytophaga of the United States". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 25 (1): 19–83. JSTOR 4624297.
10. Lefèvre, É. (1885). "Eumolpidarum hucusque cognitarum catalogus, sectionum conspectu systematico, generum sicut et specierum nonnullarum novarum descriptionibus adjunctis". Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège. 2. 11 (16): 1–172.
11. Blake, D. H. (1977). "Colaspis chrysis Olivier And Its Close Relatives (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 79 (3): 417–421.
12. Horn, G. H. (1892). "The Eumolpini of Boreal America". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 19: 195–234. JSTOR 25076581.

Further reading

• Riley, Edward G.; Clark, Shawn M.; Seeno, Terry N. (2003). Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Special Publication No. 1. The Coleopterists' Society. ISBN 978-0-9726087-1-8.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26091-7.

External links

• Media related to Tymnes at Wikimedia Commons