Atomyria is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in Central Asia and Iran.[1][2] In 2012, the genus was moved from the tribe Bromiini to the tribe Nodinini (now known as Typophorini).[3] In 2020, the genus was revised by A. G. Moseyko, who described a new species and transferred two species to Chloropterus, leaving only two valid species remaining within Atomyria.[2]

Members of the genus inhabit tugai forests.[3] The known distribution of Atomyria also corresponds very closely with the distribution of the desert shrub genus Tamarix.[4]

Species

Atomyria includes only two valid species:[2]

The following species were formerly included, but have since been transferred to the genus Chloropterus.[2]

References

  1. ^ Moseyko, A. G. & Sprecher-Uebersax, E. (2010). "Eumolpinae". Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds.). Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. pp. 619–643. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2.
  2. ^ Moseyko, A.G. (2020). "A revision of the genus Atomyria Jacobson, 1894 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae)". Caucasian Entomological Bulletin. 16 (2): 341–346. doi:10.23885/181433262020162-341346
  3. ^ Moseyko, A. G. (2012). "Comments on the genus Aphilenia Weise in Reitter, 1889 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae), with a description of a new species from Russia". Entomological Review. 92 (7): 773–781. doi:10.1134/S0013873812070044. S2CID 15377841
  4. ^ Selman, B. J. (1969). "Atomyria Jacobson (Coleoptera, Eumolpinae), a genus new to Africa". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 41 (1): 200–202. 2.
  5. ^ Baly, J. S. (1878). "Description of New Species and Genera of Eumolpidæ". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 14 (75): 246–265. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1878.tb01834.x