Promechus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chrysomeloidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Cladus: Phytophaga Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Chrysomelinae
Tribus: Chrysomelini
Genus: Promechus
Species: P. abidi – P. arcuatus – P. australicus – P. bimaculatus – P. buprestoides – P. corallipes – P. costatus – P. eburneocinctus – P. formosus – P. gestroi – P. giganteus – P. helleri – P. inflatus – P. lacustris – P. latefasciatus – P. magnificus – P. meeki – P. metallicus – P. montanus – P. moszkowskii – P. orientalis – P. paniae – P. parentheticus – P. parvus – P. pittospori – P. prosopon – P. pulchellus – P. pulcher – P. regalis – P. schefflerae – P. sculpturatus – P. sedlacekorum – P. shanahani – P. splendens – P. straatmani – P. stygicus – P. subapicalis – P. sulcatus – P. sumptuosus – P. telefominus – P. toxopei – P. tripartitus – P. variicollis – P. whitei
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Name

Promechus Boisduval, 1835: 575

Type species: Promechus splendidus Boisduval, 1835 [= Phyllocharis splendens Guérin-Méneville, 1833], by subsequent designation by Reid, 2006: 95.

Synonyms

Aesernia Stål, 1860: 455 [syn. conf.: Reid, 2006: 95]
- Type species: Phyllocharis splendens Guérin-Méneville, 1833, by subsequent designation by Reid, 2006: 95.

References

Primary references

Boisduval, J.-A. 1835. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Exécuté par ordre du Roi, Pendant les Années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le Commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Faune Entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des Insectes Nouveaux Recueillis Pendant le voyage, Deuxième Partie. Coléoptères et autres ordres. J. Tastu (Paris) viii + 716 pp. BHL Reference page.
Reid, C.A.M. 2006. A taxonomic revision of the Australian Chrysomelinae, with a key to the genera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Zootaxa 1292: 1–119. Abstract & excerpt. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1292.1.1 . PDF (part A). PDF (part B). [Erratum: 1306: 68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1306.1.6 .] Reference page.

Additional references

Gressitt, J.L. & Hart, A.D. 1974. Chrysomelid beetles from the Papuan subregion, 8 (Chrysomelinae, 1). Pacific Insects 16(2–3): 261–306. PDF. Reference page.