{{Short description|Genus of leaf beetles from Chile}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Dictyneis | display_parents = 2 | authority = Baly, 1865<ref name="Baly1865">{{cite journal|last=Baly|first=J. S.|year=1865|title=Attempt at a classification of the Eumolpidae. (Cont.)|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13388035|journal=The Journal of Entomology|volume=2|pages=433–442}}</ref> | type_species = (See text) | synonyms = ''Myochrous'' <small>Blanchard, 1851<br />(nec Erichson, 1847)</small> }}
'''''Dictyneis''''' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is endemic to Chile.<ref name="Elgueta2017">{{cite journal|last1=Elgueta|first1=M.|last2=Daccordi|first2=M.|last3=Zoia|first3=S.|year=2017|title=Lista de las especies de Spilopyrinae y Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) de Chile|url=http://www.chrysomelidae.it/Chrysomelidae/pubblicazioni-pdf-scaricabili/76-Elgueta%20Daccordi%20Zoia%202017%20Bol%20Mus%20Chile%2066%2067-84.pdf|journal=Boletín del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile|volume=66|pages=67–84|doi=10.54830/bmnhn.v66.n1.2017.73 |s2cid=255713904 |language=Spanish}}</ref> It is apterous.<ref name="Jerez1991">{{cite journal|last=Jerez R.|first=V.|year=1991|title=El género ''Dictyneis'' Baly, 1865 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae). Taxonomía, distribución geográfica y descripción de nuevas especies|trans-title=The genus ''Dictyneis'' Baly, 1865 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae). Taxonomic, geographic distribution and description of new species|url=https://archive.org/details/biostor-104992|journal=Gayana Zoología|volume=55|issue=1|pages=31–52|language=es}}</ref>
==Taxonomy== The original type species designated for ''Dictyneis'' was ''Myochrous pulvinosus'' <small>Blanchard, 1851</small>.<ref name="Baly1865"/> This species was moved to ''Glyptoscelis'' by Jerez and Berti (1987),<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Jerez|first1=V.|last2=Berti|first2=N.|year=1987|title=''Glyptoscelis pulvinosus'' (Blanchard, 1851), nueva combinacion y redescripcion de la especie (Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae)|trans-title=''Glyptoscelis pulvinosus'' (Blanchard, 1851), new combination and redescription of the species (Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae)|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31652153|journal=Boletin de la Sociedad de Biología de Concepción|volume=58|pages=89–93|language=es}}</ref> which would automatically make ''Dictyneis'' a synonym of ''Glyptoscelis''. However, Jerez (1991) then designated ''Myochrous asperatus'' <small>Blanchard, 1851</small> as the type species,<ref name="Jerez1991"/> which is considered invalid by Elgueta, Daccordi & Zoia (2017).<ref name="Elgueta2017"/> Despite this, ''Dictyneis'' continues to be used, as it is intended that a submission to the ICZN will be made to preserve the name.<ref name="Elgueta2017"/><ref name="Jerez1991"/>
==Species== * ''Dictyneis asperatus'' <small>(Blanchard, 1851)</small> * ''Dictyneis brevispinus'' <small>Jerez, 1991</small><ref name="Jerez1991"/> * ''Dictyneis campanensis'' <small>Jerez, 1991</small><ref name="Jerez1991"/> * ''Dictyneis canaliculatus'' <small>Jacoby, 1900</small><ref>{{cite journal|last=Jacoby|first=M.|year=1900|title=Descriptions of New Species and a New Genus of South American Eumolpidæ, with Remarks on some of the Genera|journal=Transactions of the Entomological Society of London|volume=48|issue=4|pages=453–510|doi=10.1111/j.1365-2311.1900.tb02719.x|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/19441 }}</ref> * ''Dictyneis conspurcatus'' <small>(Blanchard, 1851)</small> * ''Dictyneis humilis'' <small>(Blanchard, 1851)</small> * ''Dictyneis parvus'' <small>Jerez, 1991</small><ref name="Jerez1991"/> * ''Dictyneis quadridentatus'' <small>(Philippi & Philippi, 1864)</small> * ''Dictyneis terrosus'' <small>(Philippi & Philippi, 1864)</small>
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Eumolpinae Category:Chrysomelidae genera Category:Beetles of South America Category:Arthropods of Chile Category:Taxa named by Joseph Sugar Baly Category:Endemic insects of Chile {{Eumolpinae-stub}}