# Microeurydemus

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***Microeurydemus*** is a genus of [leaf beetles](/source/Leaf_beetle) in the subfamily [Eumolpinae](/source/Eumolpinae).[1] It is known from [Africa](/source/Africa) and the [Arabian Peninsula](/source/Arabian_Peninsula).[2]

## Species

- *[Microeurydemus adrarensis](/source/Microeurydemus_adrarensis)* ([Pic](/source/Maurice_Pic), 1942)[3] – Algeria: [Adrar des Ifoghas](/source/Adrar_des_Ifoghas)
- *[Microeurydemus africanus](/source/Microeurydemus_africanus)* ([Jacoby](/source/Martin_Jacoby), 1900)[4][5] – southern and eastern Africa
- *[Microeurydemus airensis](/source/Microeurydemus_airensis)* ([Pic](/source/Maurice_Pic), 1950)[6] – Niger ([Agadez](/source/Agadez))
- *[Microeurydemus fasciolatus](/source/Microeurydemus_fasciolatus)* ([Fairmaire](/source/L%C3%A9on_Fairmaire), 1893)[7] – Somalia
- *[Microeurydemus flavescens](/source/Microeurydemus_flavescens)* (Bryant, 1942)[8] – Saudi Arabia, Oman
- *[Microeurydemus semivittatus](/source/Microeurydemus_semivittatus)* ([Jacoby](/source/Martin_Jacoby), 1899)[5] – Somalia, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
- *[Microeurydemus unimaculatus](/source/Microeurydemus_unimaculatus)* [Pic](/source/Maurice_Pic), 1938 – Gabon
- *[Microeurydemus wraniki](/source/Microeurydemus_wraniki)* Lopatin in Lopatin & Konstantinov, 1994[9] – Yemen

Species moved to *[Microsyagrus](/source/Microsyagrus)*:[6]

- *Microeurydemus bingeri* [Pic](/source/Maurice_Pic), 1949
- *Microeurydemus gabonicus* [Pic](/source/Maurice_Pic), 1949
- *Microeurydemus immaculatus* [Pic](/source/Maurice_Pic), 1949

Species moved to *[Pathius](/source/Pathius)*:[6]

- *Microeurydemus pallidus* [Pic](/source/Maurice_Pic), 1952: renamed to *[Pathius pici](/source/Pathius_pici)* Zoia, 2019

Species moved to *[Phascus](/source/Phascus)*:[6]

- *Microeurydemus instriatus* [Pic](/source/Maurice_Pic), 1949

## References

1. ["Microeurydemus"](http://www.chrysomelidae.it/afr_Eum/genere_Microeurydemus.html). *African Eumolpinae site*. Retrieved 24 July 2018.

1. Moseyko, A. G. & Sprecher-Uebersax, E. (2010). ["Eumolpinae"](https://books.google.com/books?id=qt8zDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA620). *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.

1. Zoia, S. (2023). "Considerations on the genus *Syagrus* Chapuis 1874 and the taxa ascribed to it (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae)". *Natural History Sciences*. **10** (Supplement 1): 37–44. [doi:10.4081/nhs.2023.691](https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2023.691)

1. Jacoby, M. (1900). ["On new genera and species of Phytophagous Coleoptera from South and Central Africa"](https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35994461). *[Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London](/source/Proceedings_of_the_Zoological_Society_of_London)*. **1900**: 203–266.

1. Selman, B. J. (1965). ["A revision of the Nodini and a key to the genera of Eumolpidae of Africa (Coleoptera: Eumolpidae)"](https://archive.org/download/biostor-86049/biostor-86049.pdf). *Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology*. **16** (3): 141–174. [doi:10.5962/bhl.part.21864](https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.21864)

1. Zoia, S. (2019). "Nomenclature changes in African Eumolpinae with reference to type specimens preserved in the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". *[Annales de la Société Entomologique de France](/source/Annales_de_la_Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_Entomologique_de_France)*. **55** (1): 61–86. Nouvelle Série. [Bibcode:2019AnSEF..55...61Z](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019AnSEF..55...61Z). [doi:10.1080/00379271.2018.1556119](https://doi.org/10.1080/00379271.2018.1556119). [S2CID 155689938](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:155689938)

1. Zoia, S. (2022). ["Distributional and nomenclatural notes on some African Eumolpinae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)"](https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Veroeff-Natmus-Erfurt_41_0445-0450.pdf). *Vernate*. **41**: 445–450. Retrieved 18 February 2026.

1. Bryant, G. E. (1942). "New Species of African Chrysomelidæ (Coleoptera)". *[Annals and Magazine of Natural History](/source/Annals_and_Magazine_of_Natural_History)*. **9** (55): 513–516. 11. [doi:10.1080/03745481.1942.9755501](https://doi.org/10.1080/03745481.1942.9755501)

1. Lopatin, I.K. & Konstantinov, A.S. (1994). "New species of Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) from Palearctic and Oriental regions". *Lambillionea*. **94**: 524–530.

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