# Bechyneia

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***Bechyneia*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [leaf beetles](/source/Leaf_beetle) in the subfamily [Eumolpinae](/source/Eumolpinae).[1] It contains only one species, ***Bechyneia spinosa***, which is found in [South Africa](/source/South_Africa).

The genus and species were first described by the French entomologist Pierre Jolivet in 1950, and were originally placed in the subfamily [Chrysomelinae](/source/Chrysomelinae). However, this placement was later found to be in error, as the genus actually belongs to the Eumolpinae.[2]

The genus is very similar to roughly sculptured species of *[Euryope](/source/Euryope)*; according to unpublished information on the *African Eumolpinae* website, *B. spinosa* is likely a synonym of *[Euryope monstrosa](/source/Euryope_monstrosa)*. This synonymy was formalised by Stefano Zoia in 2024.[3] An association with the spilopyrine genus *[Cheiloxena](/source/Cheiloxena)* was suggested by Jolivet in 1950, but this could not be seen by later authors.[4]

## References

1. ["Bechyneia"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210802064133/https://chrysomelidae.it/afr_Eum/genere_Bechyneia.html). *African Eumolpinae site*. Archived from [the original](http://www.chrysomelidae.it/afr_Eum/genere_Bechyneia.html) on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2018.

1. Jolivet, P. (1950). ["Rectifications de nomenclature chez les Chrysomeloidea (1re note)"](http://biblio.naturalsciences.be/rbins-publications/bulletin-of-the-royal-belgian-institute-of-natural-sciences/26-1950/irscnb_p4087_01013ap_26_bulletin-56.pdf). *Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique*. **26** (56): 1–4.

1. Zoia, S. (2024). "New nomenclatural acts in African Eumolpinae (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae)". *Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana*. **155** (3): 109–112. [doi:10.4081/bollettinosei.2023.109](https://doi.org/10.4081/bollettinosei.2023.109)

1. Reid, C. A. M. (2000). ["Spilopyrinae Chapuis: a new subfamily in the Chrysomelidae and its systematic placement (Coleoptera)"](http://www.publish.csiro.au/is/IT00042). *Invertebrate Taxonomy*. **14** (6): 837–862. [doi:10.1071/IT00042](https://doi.org/10.1071/IT00042)

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