# Abiromorphus

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{{Short description|Genus of leaf beetles from Asia}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Abiromorphus
| display_parents = 2
| authority = [Pic](/source/Maurice_Pic), 1924<ref name="Pic1924">{{cite journal|last=Pic|first=M.|year=1924|title=Nouveautés diverses|url=https://brittlebooks.library.illinois.edu/brittlebooks_open/Books2011-09/picmau0001melexo/picmau0001melexov00000i00041/picmau0001melexov00000i00041.pdf|journal=Mélanges Exotico–Entomologiques|volume=41|pages=1–32}}</ref>
| type_species = ''[Abiromorphus anceyi](/source/Abiromorphus_anceyi)''
| type_species_authority = Pic, 1924<ref name="Pic1924"/>
}}

'''''Abiromorphus''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [leaf beetle](/source/leaf_beetle)s in the subfamily [Eumolpinae](/source/Eumolpinae), including two species found in eastern [Asia](/source/Asia). It was first described by the French entomologist [Maurice Pic](/source/Maurice_Pic) in 1924 for a single species from [China](/source/China). It is similar to ''[Abirus](/source/Abirus)'', and is distinguished by simple tarsal claws and thick femurs.<ref name="Pic1924"/>

==Species==
* ''[Abiromorphus anceyi](/source/Abiromorphus_anceyi)'' <small>[Pic](/source/Maurice_Pic), 1924</small><ref name="Pic1924"/> – China ([Jiangsu](/source/Jiangsu), [Jilin](/source/Jilin), [Zhejiang](/source/Zhejiang)), North Korea, South Korea, Russia ([Far East](/source/Russian_Far_East))<ref>{{cite book|last1=Moseyko|first1=A. G.|last2=Sprecher-Uebersax|first2=E.|year=2010|chapter=Eumolpinae|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qt8zDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA620|editor-last1=Löbl|editor-first1=I.|editor-last2=Smetana|editor-first2=A.|title=Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea|location=Stenstrup, Denmark|publisher=Apollo Books|pages=619–643|isbn=978-87-88757-84-2}}</ref>
* ''[Abiromorphus vietnamicus](/source/Abiromorphus_vietnamicus)'' <small>Medvedev, 2015</small><ref name="Medvedev2015">{{cite journal|last=Medvedev|first=L. N.|year=2015|title=New and poorly known Oriental Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) in the collection of the Naturkundemuseum Erfurt|url=https://www.naturkundemuseum-erfurt.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Wissenschaft/Publikationen/Museumshefte_Vernate/Hefte/34/21_medvedev_1.pdf|journal=Vernate|volume=34|pages=319–335}}</ref> – [Northern Vietnam](/source/Northern_Vietnam) ([Cao Bằng Province](/source/Cao_B%E1%BA%B1ng_Province))

==Host plants==
''A. anceyi'' has been reported on plants of the genera ''[Prunus](/source/Prunus)'', ''[Salix](/source/Salix)'', ''[Populus](/source/Populus)'' and ''[Ziziphus](/source/Ziziphus)''.<ref>{{cite journal|first=Jolivet|last=Pierre|year=1987|title=Sélection trophique chez les Megascelinae et les Eumolpinae (Cyclica) (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae). Suite et fin.|trans-title=Trophic Selection among Megascelinae and Eumolpinae (Cyclica) (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae)|journal=Bulletin mensuel de la Société linnéenne de Lyon|volume=56|issue=7|pages=217–240|doi=10.3406/linly.1987.10805|doi-access=free|language=French}}</ref>

==References==
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Category:Eumolpinae
Category:Chrysomelidae genera
Category:Beetles of Asia
Category:Taxa named by Maurice Pic

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