Entomoscelis

Entomoscelis is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 12 described species in Entomoscelis.^[1][2][3][4] The genus has a Holarctic distribution. Adults have red elytra with black markings.^[5]

Species

These 12 species belong to the genus Entomoscelis:^[4]

• Entomoscelis adonidis (Pallas, 1771)
  • Entomoscelis adonidis adonidis (Pallas, 1771) – Distribution: from Portugal to Russian Far East and the north-western part of North America (western Canada and western USA); includes the former Entomoscelis americana
  • Entomoscelis adonidis caucasica Kippenberg, 2020 – Distribution: Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Russia, Turkey
  • Entomoscelis adonidis goliath Abeille de Perrin, 1897 – Distribution: Southeastern Turkey
• Entomoscelis berytensis (Reiche & Saulcy, 1858) – Distribution: Armenia, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Egypt (?)
• Entomoscelis cornea Abeille de Perrin, 1897 – Distribution: North Africa, from Morocco to Libya
• Entomoscelis deserticola Lopatin, 1967 – Distribution: China
• Entomoscelis dorsalis (Fabricius, 1777)
  • Entomoscelis dorsalis bashkiriae Kippenberg, 2020 – Distribution: Russia (Bashkortostan)
  • Entomoscelis dorsalis dorsalis (Fabricius, 1777) – Distribution: Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Greece (?)
  • Entomoscelis dorsalis hammarstroemi Jacobson, 1901 – Distribution: Russia (southern Siberia)
  • Entomoscelis dorsalis iranica Kippenberg, 2020 – Distribution: Northern Iran (Tehran Province)
  • Entomoscelis dorsalis turkestana Mikhailov, 2020 – Distribution: Kazakhstan
• Entomoscelis erythrocnema Jacobson, 1893 – Distribution: Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, northern Afghanistan
• Entomoscelis nigriventris Daccordi & Yang, 2009 – Distribution: China
• Entomoscelis orientalis Motschulsky, 1860 – Distribution: China
• Entomoscelis pilula Lopatin, 1967 – Distribution: Caucasus and Central Asia
• Entomoscelis pulla Daccordi & Ge, 2009 – Distribution: China
• Entomoscelis rumex Kippenberg, 2020 (replacement name for Entomoscelis rumicis (Fabricius, 1787)) – Distribution: North Africa (Maghreb), Spain (?)
• Entomoscelis sacra (Linnaeus, 1758) – Distribution: Romania, Moldova, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Ukraine, Crimea, Russia (Udmurtia), Georgia, Armenia, Turkey, Syria, Israel, Jordan, Iraq, Iran

Formerly included species:

• Entomoscelis americana Brown, 1942 (red turnip beetle): synonym of Entomoscelis adonidis (Pallas, 1771)
• Entomoscelis occidentalis Escalera, 1914: synonym of Entomoscelis cornea Abeille de Perrin, 1897
• Entomoscelis suturalis Weise, 1882: synonym of Entomoscelis sacra (Linnaeus, 1758)

The name Entomoscelis melanostoma (Gmelin, 1790) is considered a nomen dubium.

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