Mecistes

Mecistes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Eumolpinae
Tribe:	Bromiini
Genus:	Mecistes; Chapuis, 1874
Type species
	Mecistes tarsalis; Chapuis, 1874

Mecistes is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae.^[2] It is distributed in central and eastern Africa, from the Uele region and Kenya to Namibia, Botswana and the Eastern provinces of the Republic of South Africa, and in Saudi Arabia. It is related to the Oriental genus .^[3]

Species[]

Species include:^[3]

Zoia, 2009^[3]
Mecistes chapuisi Jacoby, 1900^[4]
(Gerstaecker, 1855)^[5]
Zoia, 2009^[3]
(Pic, 1921)^[6]
Mecistes seriatus Lefèvre, 1885^[7]
Mecistes tarsalis Chapuis, 1874^[1]
Zoia, 2009^[3]
Zoia, 2009^[3]
Zoia, 2009^[3]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c Chapuis, F. (1874). "Tome dixième. Famille des phytophages". In Lacordaire, J.T.; Chapuis, F. (eds.). Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Genera des coléoptères. Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. pp. i–iv, 1–455.
^ "Mecistes". African Eumolpinae site. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Zoia, S. (2009). "A revision of the genus Mecistes (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana. 88: 117–154. doi:10.4081/memorieSEI.2009.117.
^ Jacoby, M. (1900). "On new genera and species of Phytophagous Coleoptera from South and Central Africa". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1900: 203–266.
^ Zoia, S. (2007). "New data on African Eumolpinae from the collection of the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 54 (1): 69–74. doi:10.1002/mmnd.200700006.
^ Zoia, S. (2007). "A revision of the Pachnephorus from the Afrotropical Region (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Fragmenta Entomologica. 39 (1): 1–156. doi:10.4081/fe.2007.128.
^ 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.

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[Chapuis1874-1] Chapuis, F. (1874). "Tome dixième. Famille des phytophages". In Lacordaire, J.T.; Chapuis, F. (eds.). Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Genera des coléoptères. Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. pp. i–iv, 1–455.

[2] "Mecistes". African Eumolpinae site. Retrieved 2 July 2018.

[Zoia2009-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Zoia, S. (2009). "A revision of the genus Mecistes (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana. 88: 117–154. doi:10.4081/memorieSEI.2009.117.

[Jacoby1900-4] Jacoby, M. (1900). "On new genera and species of Phytophagous Coleoptera from South and Central Africa". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1900: 203–266.

[Zoia2007a-5] Zoia, S. (2007). "New data on African Eumolpinae from the collection of the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 54 (1): 69–74. doi:10.1002/mmnd.200700006.

[Zoia2007b-6] Zoia, S. (2007). "A revision of the Pachnephorus from the Afrotropical Region (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Fragmenta Entomologica. 39 (1): 1–156. doi:10.4081/fe.2007.128.

[Lefevre1885-7] 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.

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