Aulexis

{{Short description|Genus of leaf beetles from Asia}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Aulexis | image = Aulexis_nigripennis.jpg | image_caption = Aulexis nigripennis | display_parents = 2 | authority = Baly, 1863<ref name="Baly1863">{{cite journal|last=Baly|first=J. S.|year=1863|title=An attempt at a classification of the Eumolpidae|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13387745|journal=The Journal of Entomology|volume=2|pages=143–163}}</ref> | type_species = ''Aulexis nigricollis'' | type_species_authority = Baly, 1863<ref name="Baly1863"/> }}

'''''Aulexis''''' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in South, East and Southeast Asia. The related genus ''Goniopleura'' is sometimes included as a subgenus.<ref name="Eroshkina1988">{{cite book|last=Eroshkina|first=G. A.|year=1988|chapter=Reviziya roda ''Aulexis'' Baly (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae) fauni Vetnama|script-chapter=ru:Ревизия рода ''Aulexis'' Baly (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae) фауны Вьетнама|pages=57–69|editor1-last=Medvedev|editor1-first=L. N.|editor2-last=Striganova|editor2-first=B. R.|title=Fauna i ekologiya nasekomikh Vetnama|script-title=ru:Фауна и экология насекомых Вьетнама|publisher=Nauka|place=Moscow|isbn=9785020052635|language=Russian}}</ref>

==Description== They are elongate, subcylindrical; clothed above and beneath with suberect hairs.<ref name="Jacoby1908">{{cite book|last=Jacoby|first=M.|year=1908|editor-last=Bingham|editor-first=C. T.|title=Coleoptera. Chrysomelidae. Vol. 1|url=https://archive.org/details/coleopterachryso00jacoiala|series=The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma|publisher=Taylor & Francis|place=London}}</ref>

Head exserted, perpendicular; anterior margin of clypeus with two acute flattened teeth, which partly cover the upper surface of the labrum; antennae subfiliform, clothed with coarse hairs, basal joint incrassate, second half the length of the first, subincrassate, third shorter than the fourth, following joints rather shorter; eyes with their inner margins slightly sinuate; terminal joint of palpi slender, ovate. Thorax subcylindrical in front, flattened, more or less excavated on the hinder half of the disc, lateral border obsolete, rarely visible at the base, its place supplied in the middle by two or more teeth. Legs moderate, stout; femora unarmed; basal joint of tarsi as long as the following two united claws more or less bifid. Prosternum greatly narrowed between the coxae.<ref name="Jacoby1908"/>

A well-marked genus on account of the toothed clypeus and similarly armed sides of the thorax.<ref name="Jacoby1908"/>

==Species== The genus includes the following species:<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><ref>{{cite book|last=Mohamedsaid|first=M. S.|year=2004|title=Catalogue of the Malaysian Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera)|pages=1–239|place=Sofia|publisher=Pensoft Publishers|series=Pensoft Series Faunistica|volume=36|isbn=9546422010|issn=1312-0174}}</ref><ref name="KimotoGressitt1982">{{cite journal|last1=Kimoto|first1=S.|last2=Gressitt|first2=J. L.|year=1982|title=Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) of Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. III. Eumolpinae|url=https://catalog.lib.kyushu-u.ac.jp/opac_download_md/2421/1.pdf|journal=Esakia|volume=18|pages=1–141|doi=10.5109/2421 |hdl=2324/2421|s2cid=83265328 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Kimoto|first=S.|year=1985|title=Check-list of Chrysomelidae of South East Asia, South of Thailand and West of Irian-Jaya of Indonesia, III. Eumolpinae, 1|journal=Kurume University Journal|volume=34|issue=1|pages=57–86}}</ref><ref name="Clavareau1914">{{cite contribution|last=Clavareau|first=H.|year=1914|title=Chrysomelidae: 11. Eumolpinae|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10432889|editor-last1=Junk|editor-first1=W.|editor-link1=Wilhelm Junk|editor-last2=Schenkling|editor-first2=S.|editor-link2=Sigmund Schenkling|encyclopedia=Coleopterorum Catalogus|volume=59|pages=1–215|place=Berlin|publisher=W. Junk}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=26em}} * ''Aulexis abbreviata'' (Gressitt, 1942) – China (Guangdong) * ''Aulexis assamensis'' Jacoby, 1903 – India (Assam) * ''Aulexis atripennis'' Pic, 1923 – China (Fujian, Yunnan) * ''Aulexis aureopilosa'' Pic, 1944 – Philippines * ''Aulexis bicolor'' Pic, 1929 – Vietnam * ''Aulexis bicoloripes'' Pic, 1929 – Java * ''Aulexis bosi'' Medvedev, 2008<ref>{{cite journal|last=Medvedev|first=L.N.|year=2008|title=New species of Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) from Sulawesi|journal=Entomologica Basiliensia et Collections Frey|volume=30|pages=243–261|doi=10.5169/seals-981057|doi-access=free}}</ref> – Sulawesi * ''Aulexis brevicornis'' Weise, 1922<ref name="Weise1922">{{cite journal|last=Weise|first=J.|year=1922|title=Chrysomeliden der Philippinen: III|url=http://philjournalsci.dost.gov.ph/images/pdf_upload/pjs1922/PJS_Vol_21_No5_Nov_1922.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515233228/https://philjournalsci.dost.gov.ph/images/pdf_upload/pjs1922/PJS_Vol_21_No5_Nov_1922.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 15, 2021|journal=The Philippine Journal of Science|volume=21|issue=5|pages=423–490}}</ref> – Philippines * ''Aulexis brevidentata'' (Gressitt, 1942) – China (Hainan) * ''Aulexis brevipennis'' Medvedev, 2012<ref name="Medvedev2012">{{cite journal|last=Medvedev|first=L.N.|year=2012|title=New species of Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) from Indochina|journal=Euroasian Entomological Journal|volume=11|issue=1|pages=63–69}}</ref> – Vietnam * ''Aulexis brevipilosa'' Medvedev, 2002<ref>{{ cite journal | last = Medvedev | first = L. N. | year = 2002 | title = New and poorly known Chrysomelidae from the Philippines | url = http://biostor.org/cache/pdf/c8/fe/ff/c8fefff29caa9f8371968e237fbad794.pdf | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110812131952/http://biostor.org/cache/pdf/c8/fe/ff/c8fefff29caa9f8371968e237fbad794.pdf | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2011-08-12 | journal = Spixiana | volume = 25 | pages = 59–67}}</ref> – Philippines * ''Aulexis buonloicus'' Eroshkina, 1988<ref name="Eroshkina1988"/> – Vietnam * ''Aulexis carinata'' Pic, 1935 – China (Guangdong), Vietnam * ''Aulexis chengana'' Chen, 1940 – China (Sichuan) * ''Aulexis cinnamomi'' Chen & Wang, 1976 – China (Yunnan) * ''Aulexis donckieri'' Pic, 1935 – Sumatra * ''Aulexis elongata'' Jacoby, 1881<ref name="Jacoby1881">{{cite journal|last=Jacoby|first=M.|year=1881|title=Descriptions of new genera and species of phytophagous Coleoptera|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30759610|journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London|volume=1881|issue=2|pages=439–450|doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.1881.tb01300.x}}</ref> – Sumatra, Java * ''Aulexis erythodera'' Warchałowski, 2008<ref>{{cite journal|last=Warchałowski|first=A.|year=2008|title=''Aulexis erythrodera'', A New Species of Leaf-Beetle from Myanmar (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae)|journal=Annales Zoologici|volume=58|issue=3|pages=607–609|doi=10.3161/000345408X364445|s2cid=86630621}}</ref> – Myanmar * ''Aulexis excavata'' Takizawa, 2017<ref name="Takizawa2017">{{cite journal|last=Takizawa|first=H.|year=2017|title=Leaf beetles of Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)|url=http://zoobank.org/References/340472DD-F7AC-4C5D-9550-C3BBFF13212C|journal=Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology|volume=23|issue=2|pages=195–233}}</ref> – Borneo (Sabah) * ''Aulexis femoralis'' Medvedev, 2012<ref name="Medvedev2012"/> – Vietnam * ''Aulexis flavopilosa'' Lefèvre, 1885<ref name="Lefevre1885">{{cite journal|last=Lefèvre|first=É.|year=1885|title=Eumolpidarum hucusque cognitarum catalogus, sectionum conspectu systematico, generum sicut et specierum nonnullarum novarum descriptionibus adjunctis|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27434526|journal=Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège|series=2|volume=11|issue=16|pages=1–172}}</ref> – Philippines * ''Aulexis gorbunovi'' Medvedev, 2009<ref name="Medvedev2009">{{cite journal|last=Medvedev|first=L.|year=2009|title=New and poorly-known species of Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) from Sulawesi, Bali and Singapore|journal=Entomologica Basiliensia et Collections Frey|volume=31|pages=245–254|doi=10.5169/seals-981042|doi-access=free}}</ref> – Sulawesi * ''Aulexis gracilicornis'' Weise, 1922<ref name="Weise1922"/> – Philippines * ''Aulexis gressitti'' Moseyko, 2024<ref name=Moseyko2024>{{cite book|last=Moseyko|first=A. G.|year=2024|chapter=New Nomenclatural and Taxonomic Acts, Comments and Distributional Records. Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae|editor-last1=Bezděk|editor-first1=J.|editor-last2=Sekerka|editor-first2=L.|title=Chrysomeloidea II (Orsodacnidae, Megalopodidae, Chrysomelidae) – Part 1|series=Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera|volume=6/2/1|edition=Updated and Revised Second|place=Leiden, The Netherlands|publisher=Brill|isbn=978-90-04-44330-3|pages=143–149|doi=10.1163/9789004443303_002}}</ref> – China (Hainan) * ''Aulexis hochii'' Chen, 1940 – China (Hainan), Nepal * ''Aulexis humilis'' Lefèvre, 1885<ref name="Lefevre1885"/> – Thailand * ''Aulexis jiangkouensis'' Tan, 1993 – China (Guizhou) * ''Aulexis kinabaluensis'' Takizawa, 2017<ref name="Takizawa2017"/> – Borneo (Sabah) * ''Aulexis languei'' Lefèvre, 1893<ref name="Lefevre1893">{{cite journal|last=Lefèvre|first=E.|year=1893|title=Contributions à la faune Indo-Chinoise, 12. Clytrides & Eumolpides|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8236945|journal=Annales de la Société Entomologique de France|volume=62|pages=111–134}}</ref> – Vietnam * ''Aulexis longicornis'' Jacoby, 1899<ref name="Jacoby1899">{{cite journal|last=Jacoby|first=M.|year=1899|title=Descriptions of the new species of phytophagous Coleoptera obtained by Dr. Dohrn in Sumatra|url=https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Entomologische-Zeitung-Stettin_60_0259-0313.pdf|journal=Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung|volume=60|pages=259–313, 1 pl}}</ref> – Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo (Kalimantan) * ''Aulexis luzonica'' Lefèvre, 1885<ref name="Lefevre1885"/> – Philippines * ''Aulexis medvedevi'' Eroshkina, 1988<ref name="Eroshkina1988"/> – Vietnam * ''Aulexis minor'' Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982<ref name="KimotoGressitt1982"/> – Thailand * ''Aulexis minuta'' Pic, 1935 – Philippines * ''Aulexis nepalensis'' Medvedev & Sprecher-Uebersax, 1997 – Nepal, India * ''Aulexis nigricollis'' Baly, 1863<ref name="Baly1863"/> – Borneo (Sarawak) * ''Aulexis nigripennis'' Jacoby, 1908<ref name="Jacoby1908"/> – Nepal, Myanmar * ''Aulexis nigripennis'' Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982<ref name="KimotoGressitt1982"/> (homonym) – Vietnam * ''Aulexis obscura'' Gressitt, 1945<ref name="Gressitt1945">{{cite journal|last=Gressitt|first=J. L.|year=1945|title=On some genera of Oriental Orsodacninae and Eumolpinae (Col. Chrysom.)|journal=Lingnan Science Journal|volume=21|pages=135–146}}</ref> – China (Yunnan) * ''Aulexis obscura'' Takizawa, 2017<ref name="Takizawa2017"/> (homonym) – Borneo (Sabah) * ''Aulexis pallida'' Lefèvre, 1887 – Bali, Sumatra<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Medvedev|first1=L. N.|last2=Takizawa|first2=H.|year=2011|title=Leaf beetles of the subfamily Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from Bali, Indonesia|url=http://ejournal.ukm.my/serangga/issue/download/553/77|journal=Serangga|volume=16|issue=1|pages=7–27}}</ref> * ''Aulexis philippinensis'' Jacoby, 1895 – Philippines * ''Aulexis puberula'' Lefèvre, 1885<ref name="Lefevre1885"/> – Philippines * ''Aulexis pusilla'' Lefèvre, 1885<ref name="Lefevre1885"/> – Philippines * ''Aulexis rufescens'' Pic, 1944 – Philippines * ''Aulexis semiobscurus'' Pic, 1921 – Lombok * ''Aulexis shaowuensis'' Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961 – China (Fujian) * ''Aulexis sichuanensis'' Tan, 1992 – China (Sichuan) * ''Aulexis sinensis'' Chen, 1934 – China (Fujian, Guizhou, Guangxi) * ''Aulexis sumatrana'' Jacoby, 1896<ref name="Jacoby1896">{{cite journal|last=Jacoby|first=M.|year=1896|title=Descriptions of the new genera and species of phytophagous Coleoptera obtained by Dr. Modigliani in Sumatra|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7698107|journal=Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova|series=2|volume=16|issue=36|pages=377–501}}</ref> – Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra * ''Aulexis tibialis'' Jacoby, 1889 – India, Myanmar * ''Aulexis tuberculata'' Tan, 1993 – China (Guizhou) * ''Aulexis unicolor'' (Gressitt, 1942) – China (Guangdong) * ''Aulexis unispinosa'' Pic, 1935 – Vietnam * ''Aulexis varians'' Baly, 1867<ref name="Baly1867">{{cite journal|last=Baly|first=J. S.|year=1867|title=Phytophaga Malayana; a revision of the phytophagous beetles of the Malay Archipelago, with descriptions of the new species collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14694386|journal=Transactions of the Entomological Society of London|series=3|volume=4|pages=1–300|doi=10.1111/j.1365-2311.1866.tb01857.x}}</ref> – Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo (Sarawak) * ''Aulexis ventralis'' (Gressitt, 1942) – China (Sichuan) * ''Aulexis vietnamicus'' Eroshkina, 1988<ref name="Eroshkina1988"/> – Vietnam * ''Aulexis wallacei'' Baly, 1867<ref name="Baly1867"/> – Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Sulawesi {{div col end}}

Renamed species: * ''Aulexis gracilicornis'' Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961 (preoccupied by ''Aulexis gracilicornis'' Weise, 1922): renamed to ''Aulexis gressitti'' Moseyko, 2024<ref name=Moseyko2024/>

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Eumolpinae Category:Chrysomelidae genera Category:Beetles of Asia Category:Taxa named by Joseph Sugar Baly Category:Long stubs with short prose

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