# Microsyagrus

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***Microsyagrus*** is a genus of [leaf beetles](/source/Leaf_beetle) in the subfamily [Eumolpinae](/source/Eumolpinae).[1] It is known from [Africa](/source/Africa). Many of the species were formerly placed in *[Syagrus](/source/Syagrus_(beetle))*.[2]

## Species

- *[Microsyagrus angolensis](/source/Microsyagrus_angolensis)* ([Pic](/source/Maurice_Pic), 1939)[3][4] – Angola
- *[Microsyagrus atriventris](/source/Microsyagrus_atriventris)* ([Pic](/source/Maurice_Pic), 1939)[4] – Tanzania
- *[Microsyagrus bingeri](/source/Microsyagrus_bingeri)* ([Pic](/source/Maurice_Pic), 1949)[5] – Ivory Coast
- *[Microsyagrus bingervillensis](/source/Microsyagrus_bingervillensis)* Selman, 1973 – Ivory Coast, Ghana
- *[Microsyagrus discoidalis](/source/Microsyagrus_discoidalis)* ([Pic](/source/Maurice_Pic), 1940)[6][5] – Angola
- (?)*[Microsyagrus discomaculatus](/source/Microsyagrus_discomaculatus)* ([Pic](/source/Maurice_Pic), 1939)[3][4] – Angola
- *[Microsyagrus favareli](/source/Microsyagrus_favareli)* ([Pic](/source/Maurice_Pic), 1938)[5] – Central Africa Republic
- *[Microsyagrus fulvimanus](/source/Microsyagrus_fulvimanus)* ([Jacoby](/source/Martin_Jacoby), 1904)[7][2] – Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- *[Microsyagrus gabonicus](/source/Microsyagrus_gabonicus)* ([Pic](/source/Maurice_Pic), 1949)[5] – Gabon
- *[Microsyagrus gossypii](/source/Microsyagrus_gossypii)* (Bryant, 1933)[8][2] – Ivory Coast, Nigeria
- *[Microsyagrus immaculatus](/source/Microsyagrus_immaculatus)* ([Pic](/source/Maurice_Pic), 1949)[5] – Congo
- *[Microsyagrus insignitus](/source/Microsyagrus_insignitus)* ([Jacoby](/source/Martin_Jacoby), 1898)[9][2] – South Africa
- *[Microsyagrus laurenti](/source/Microsyagrus_laurenti)* ([Pic](/source/Maurice_Pic), 1949)[4] – Senegal
- *[Microsyagrus maculosus](/source/Microsyagrus_maculosus)* ([Lefèvre](/source/%C3%89douard_Lef%C3%A8vre), 1891)[10][4] – Tanzania ([Zanzibar](/source/Zanzibar))
- *[Microsyagrus madoni](/source/Microsyagrus_madoni)* ([Pic](/source/Maurice_Pic), 1940)[11][5] – Gabon
- *[Microsyagrus marshalli](/source/Microsyagrus_marshalli)* Selman, 1965[2] – South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Somalia
- *[Microsyagrus mashonanus](/source/Microsyagrus_mashonanus)* ([Jacoby](/source/Martin_Jacoby), 1897)[12][2] – Zimbabwe, Ethiopia
- *[Microsyagrus notatus](/source/Microsyagrus_notatus)* [Pic](/source/Maurice_Pic), 1952 – Benin
- *[Microsyagrus punctaticollis](/source/Microsyagrus_punctaticollis)* Zoia, 2019[5] – Benin
- *[Microsyagrus raffrayi](/source/Microsyagrus_raffrayi)* ([Pic](/source/Maurice_Pic), 1940)[11][5] – Ethiopia
- *[Microsyagrus recticollis](/source/Microsyagrus_recticollis)* ([Pic](/source/Maurice_Pic), 1949)[5] – Tanzania, DR Congo
- *[Microsyagrus rosae](/source/Microsyagrus_rosae)* (Bryant, 1936)[13][2] – Uganda, DR Congo
- *[Microsyagrus saegeri](/source/Microsyagrus_saegeri)* Selman, 1972[14] – DR Congo
- *[Microsyagrus testaceonotatus](/source/Microsyagrus_testaceonotatus)* ([Pic](/source/Maurice_Pic), 1940)[5] – Central African Republic
- *[Microsyagrus trinotatus](/source/Microsyagrus_trinotatus)* ([Pic](/source/Maurice_Pic), 1939)[3][5] – Angola
- *[Microsyagrus unicolor](/source/Microsyagrus_unicolor)* [Pic](/source/Maurice_Pic), 1952 – Benin
- *[Microsyagrus variabilis](/source/Microsyagrus_variabilis)* Selman, 1972[14] – DR Congo
- *[Microsyagrus zeae](/source/Microsyagrus_zeae)* (Bryant, 1948)[15][2] – Senegal

Species moved to *[Afroeurydemus](/source/Afroeurydemus)*:[5]

- *Microsyagrus annulipes* [Pic](/source/Maurice_Pic), 1952
- *Microsyagrus cribricollis* [Pic](/source/Maurice_Pic), 1952: renamed to *[Afroeurydemus fortesculptus](/source/Afroeurydemus_fortesculptus)* Zoia, 2019

Other synonyms:

- *Microsyagrus trinotatus* [Pic](/source/Maurice_Pic), 1952: renamed to *[Microsyagrus punctaticollis](/source/Microsyagrus_punctaticollis)* Zoia, 2019[5]

## References

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

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. Pic, M. (1939). ["Coléoptères Phytophages d'Angola"](https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43714260). *[Revue suisse de Zoologie](/source/Revue_suisse_de_Zoologie)*. **46** (4): 115–142.

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. 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. Pic, M. (1940). ["Nouvelle série de Coléoptères d'Angola"](https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43723476). *[Revue suisse de Zoologie](/source/Revue_suisse_de_Zoologie)*. **47** (17): 359–365. [doi:10.5962/bhl.part.144765](https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.144765)

1. Jacoby, M. (1904). ["Another contribution to the knowledge of African Phytophagous Coleoptera"](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/70283). *[Journal of Zoology](/source/Journal_of_Zoology)*. **74** (1): 230–270. [doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1904.tb08290.x](https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1904.tb08290.x)

1. Bryant, G. E. (1933). "Some New Phytophaga from Africa". *Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London. Series B, Taxonomy*. **2** (11): 250–255. [Bibcode:1933SysEn...2..250B](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1933SysEn...2..250B). [doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1993.tb00961.x](https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.1993.tb00961.x)

1. Jacoby, M. (1898). ["List of the Phytophagous Coleoptera obtained by Mr W. L. Distant in the Transvaal, with descriptions of the new species"](https://zenodo.org/records/2192569/files/article.pdf). *[Annals and Magazine of Natural History](/source/Annals_and_Magazine_of_Natural_History)*. **1** (5): 344–360. 7. [doi:10.1080/00222939808677985](https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939808677985)

1. Lefèvre, E. (1891). ["Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de Clytrides et d'Eumolpides"](https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12304179). *Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique*. **35**: CCXLVIII–CCLXXIX.

1. Pic, M. (1940). ["Opuscula martialis"](https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54289681). *L'Echange, Revue Linnéenne, Moulins*. **Numéro spécial**: 1–16.

1. Jacoby, M. (1897). ["Further contributions to the knowledge of the phytophagous Coleoptera of Africa, including Madagascar, Part II"](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/69604). *[Journal of Zoology](/source/Journal_of_Zoology)*. **65** (3): 527–577. [doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1897.tb03108.x](https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1897.tb03108.x)

1. Bryant, G. E. (1936). "Some New Injurious Phytophaga from British East Africa (Coleopt.)". *Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London. Series B, Taxonomy*. **5** (12): 217–219. [Bibcode:1936SysEn...5..217B](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1936SysEn...5..217B). [doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1936.tb01311.x](https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.1936.tb01311.x)

1. Selman, B. J. (1972). "Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". *Exploration Parc National de la Garamba. Mission H. De Saeger*. **55**: 1–95.

1. Bryant, G. E. (1948). "New species of Chrysomelidae from Senegal and the Ivory Coast". *[Annals and Magazine of Natural History](/source/Annals_and_Magazine_of_Natural_History)*. **1** (1): 58–65. 12. [doi:10.1080/00222934808653888](https://doi.org/10.1080/00222934808653888)

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