{{Short description|Genus of leaf beetles}} {{Automatic taxobox |taxon=Myochrous |display_parents=2 |authority=Erichson, 1847 |type_species=''Myochrous immundus'' |type_species_authority=Erichson, 1847 |synonyms=''Myochrous'' <small>Chevrolat ''in'' Dejean, 1836<br />(''nomen nudum'')</small> }}
'''''Myochrous''''' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known from North, Central and South America. There are over 50 described species in ''Myochrous''.<ref name=bugref>{{Cite web|title=''Myochrous'' Genus Information|url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/208518|website=BugGuide.net|access-date=2018-02-16}}</ref><ref name=itis>{{Cite web|title=''Myochrous'' Report|url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=719751|website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System|access-date=2018-02-16}}</ref><ref name=eol>{{Cite web|title=''Myochrous'' Overview|url=http://eol.org/pages/89352/overview|website=Encyclopedia of Life|access-date=2018-02-16}}</ref><ref name="Blake1950">{{cite journal|last=Blake|first=D. H.|year=1950|title=A Revision of the Beetles of the Genus ''Myochrous''|url=https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/16523/USNMP-101_3271_1950.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y|journal=Proceedings of the United States National Museum|volume=101|issue=3271|pages=1–64|doi=10.5479/si.00963801.101-3271.1}}</ref> The generic name is a combination of the Ancient Greek words {{wikt-lang|grc|μῦς}} (mouse) and {{wikt-lang|grc|χρῶμα}} (color).<ref name="Blake1950"/>
The southern corn leaf beetle (''Myochrous denticollis'') is a crop pest, and has been reported to damage corn in Illinois.<ref>{{cite journal|first=Kevin|last=Steffey|year=2002|title=Southern Corn Leaf Beetles Are Right on Schedule|url=http://bulletin.ipm.illinois.edu/pastpest/articles/200207c.html|journal=The Bulletin: Pest Management and Crop Development Information for Illinois|issue=7|pages=74–75}}</ref> Additionally, the species ''Myochrous melancholicus'' has been reported to damage banana fruit.<ref>{{cite journal|first1=G. de la|last1=Cruz-Zapata|first2=M.|last2=Moreno-Jiménez|first3=R.|last3=Osorio-Osorio|first4=L. U.|last4=Hernández-Hernández|first5=C.|last5=Márquez-Quiroz|first6=E. de la|last6=Cruz-Lázaro|first7=J. M.|last7=Valdez-Carrasco|year=2018|title=Fruit-scarring Beetle ''Myochrous melancholicus'' Jacoby as a Potential New Pest of Banana|journal=Southwestern Entomologist|volume=43|issue=1|pages=57–66|doi=10.3958/059.043.0124|s2cid=90390923}}</ref>
According to BugGuide and ITIS, the genus is now placed in the tribe Eumolpini instead of Adoxini.<ref name=bugref/><ref name=itis/>
==Species== {{div col|colwidth=20em}} * ''Myochrous adisi'' <small>Medvedev, 2004</small><ref name="Medvedev2004">{{cite journal|last=Medvedev|first=L. N.|year=2004|title=A new species of ''Myochrous'' Dejean, 1837 from Brazil (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae)|url=http://web.evolbio.mpg.de/amazoniana/18_12Medvedev.pdf|journal=Amazoniana|volume=XVIII|issue=1–2|pages=151–155}}</ref> * ''Myochrous armatus'' <small>Baly, 1865</small><ref name="Baly1864">{{cite journal|last=Baly|first=J. S.|year=1864|title=Descriptions of new Genera and Species of Phytophaga|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14764253|journal=Transactions of the Entomological Society of London|volume=12|issue=4|pages=333–357|doi=10.1111/j.1365-2311.1864.tb00109.x}}</ref> (cane leaf or bud beetle) * ''Myochrous austrinus'' <small>Blake, 1950</small><ref name="Blake1950"/> * ''Myochrous barbadensis'' <small>Blake, 1947</small><ref name="Blake1947">{{cite journal|last=Blake|first=D. H.|year=1947|title=The species of ''Myochrous'' from the West Indies (Coleoptera)|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25142781|journal=Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington|volume=49|issue=1|pages=22–28}}</ref> ** ''Myochrous barbadensis barbadensis'' <small>Blake, 1947</small> ** ''Myochrous barbadensis coenus'' <small>Blake, 1950</small><ref name="Blake1950"/><ref name="Bechyné1997">{{cite journal|first=J.|last=Bechyné|year=1997|editor-first=V.|editor-last=Savini|title=Evaluación de los datos sobre los Phytophaga dañinos en Venezuela (Coleoptera). Parte I|url=http://chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/sites/chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/files/LibroAzulParte01.pdf|journal=Boletín de Entomología Venezolana|series=Serie Monografias|volume=1|pages=1–278}}</ref> * ''Myochrous blakeae'' <small>Shute, 1974</small><ref name="Shute1974">{{cite journal|last=Shute|first=S. L.|year=1974|title=The species of ''Myochrous'' Erichson (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) occurring in Central America|journal=Journal of Entomology Series B, Taxonomy|volume=42|issue=2|pages=183–193|doi=10.1111/j.1365-3113.1974.tb00073.x}}</ref> * ''Myochrous bolivianus'' <small>Blake, 1950</small><ref name="Blake1950"/> * ''Myochrous brunneus'' <small>Blake, 1950</small><ref name="Blake1950"/> * ''Myochrous bryanti'' <small>Blake, 1950</small><ref name="Blake1950"/> * ''Myochrous calcariferus'' <small>Blake, 1950</small><ref name="Blake1950"/> * ''Myochrous carinatus'' <small>Jacoby, 1891</small><ref name="Jacoby1890">{{cite encyclopedia|last=Jacoby|first=M.|year=1890|chapter=Eumolpidae|chapter-url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/585383|title=Insecta. Coleoptera, Supplement to Phytophaga|encyclopedia=Biologia Centrali-Americana|volume=6|issue=1|pages=183–241}}</ref> * ''Myochrous chacoensis'' <small>Blake, 1950</small><ref name="Blake1950"/> * ''Myochrous crassimarginatus'' <small>Blake, 1950</small><ref name="Blake1950"/> * ''Myochrous cubensis'' <small>Blake, 1947</small><ref name="Blake1947"/> * ''Myochrous curculionoides'' <small>Lefèvre, 1897</small><ref name="Jacoby1897">{{cite journal|last=Jacoby|first=M.|year=1897|title=Descriptions of some new species of Clythridae and Eumolpidae|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11674688|journal=The Entomologist|volume=30|issue=413|pages=261–264}}</ref> * ''Myochrous cyphus'' <small>Blake, 1950</small><ref name="Blake1950"/> * ''Myochrous darlingtoni'' <small>Blake, 1950</small><ref name="Blake1950"/> * ''Myochrous denticollis'' <small>(Say, 1824)</small> (southern corn leaf beetle) * ''Myochrous dubius'' <small>(Fabricius, 1801)</small> * ''Myochrous elachius'' <small>Blake, 1950</small><ref name="Blake1950"/> * ''Myochrous explanatus'' <small>Baly, 1865</small><ref name="Baly1864"/> * ''Myochrous femoralis'' <small>Jacoby, 1882</small><ref name="Jacoby1881">{{cite encyclopedia|last=Jacoby|first=M.|year=1881|chapter=Eumolpidae|chapter-url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/584677|title=Insecta. Coleoptera|encyclopedia=Biologia Centrali-Americana|volume=6|issue=1|pages=105–187}}</ref> * ''Myochrous figueroae'' <small>Brèthes, 1923</small> * ''Myochrous floridanus'' <small>Schaeffer, 1933</small><ref name="Schaeffer1933">{{cite journal|last=Schaeffer|first=C.|year=1933|title=Short studies in the Chrysomelidæ (Coleoptera) (Continued)|journal=Journal of the New York Entomological Society|volume=41|issue=4|pages=457–480|jstor=25004529}}</ref> ** ''Myochrous floridanus floridanus'' <small>Schaeffer, 1933</small> ** ''Myochrous floridanus texanus'' <small>Blake, 1950</small><ref name="Blake1950"/> * ''Myochrous geminus'' <small>Blake, 1950</small><ref name="Blake1950"/> * ''Myochrous hispaniolae'' <small>Blake, 1947</small><ref name="Blake1947"/> * ''Myochrous immundus'' <small>Erichson, 1847</small> * ''Myochrous intermedius'' <small>Blake, 1950</small><ref name="Blake1950"/> * ''Myochrous jamaicensis'' <small>Blake, 1947</small><ref name="Blake1947"/> * ''Myochrous latisetiger'' <small>Blake, 1950</small><ref name="Blake1950"/> * ''Myochrous leucurus'' <small>Blake, 1950</small><ref name="Blake1950"/> * ''Myochrous longipes'' <small>Blake, 1950</small><ref name="Blake1950"/> * ''Myochrous longulus'' <small>LeConte, 1858</small><ref name="LeConte1858">{{cite journal|last=LeConte|first=J. L.|year=1858|title=Description of New Species of Coleoptera, chiefly collected by the United States and Mexican Boundary Commission, under Major W. H. Emory, U. S. A.|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47535599|journal=Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia|volume=10|pages=59–89}}</ref> * ''Myochrous magnus'' <small>Schaeffer, 1904</small><ref name="Schaeffer1904">{{cite journal|last=Schaeffer|first=C.|year=1904|title=New Genera and Species of Coleoptera|journal=Journal of the New York Entomological Society|volume=12|issue=4|pages=197–236|jstor=25003118}}</ref> * ''Myochrous mamorensis'' <small>Blake, 1950</small><ref name="Blake1950"/> * ''Myochrous melancholicus'' <small>Jacoby, 1882</small><ref name="Jacoby1881"/> * ''Myochrous monrosi'' <small>Blake, 1950</small><ref name="Blake1950"/> * ''Myochrous movallus'' <small>Johnson, 1931</small> * ''Myochrous nanus'' <small>Blake, 1950</small><ref name="Blake1950"/> * ''Myochrous normalis'' <small>Blake, 1950</small><ref name="Blake1950"/> * ''Myochrous paulus'' <small>Blake, 1950</small><ref name="Blake1950"/> * ''Myochrous pauxillus'' <small>Schaeffer, 1933</small><ref name="Schaeffer1933"/> * ''Myochrous platylonchus'' <small>Blake, 1950</small><ref name="Blake1950"/> * ''Myochrous portoricensis'' <small>Blake, 1947</small><ref name="Blake1947"/> * ''Myochrous ranella'' <small>Blake, 1950</small><ref name="Blake1950"/> * ''Myochrous rhabdotus'' <small>Blake, 1950</small><ref name="Blake1950"/> * ''Myochrous sallei'' <small>Baly, 1865</small><ref name="Baly1864"/> * ''Myochrous sapucayensis'' <small>Blake, 1950</small><ref name="Blake1950"/> * ''Myochrous severini'' <small>Blake, 1950</small><ref name="Blake1950"/> * ''Myochrous spinipes'' <small>Blake, 1950</small><ref name="Blake1950"/> * ''Myochrous squamosus'' <small>LeConte, 1859</small><ref name="LeConte1859">{{cite journal|last=LeConte|first=J. L.|year=1859|title=The Coleoptera of Kansas and eastern New Mexico|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17592421|journal=Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge|volume=11|pages=i–vi, 1–58|doi=10.5962/bhl.title.18986}}</ref> * ''Myochrous stenomorphus'' <small>Blake, 1950</small><ref name="Blake1950"/> * ''Myochrous tibialis'' <small>Jacoby, 1882</small><ref name="Jacoby1881"/> * ''Myochrous whitei'' <small>Blake, 1950</small><ref name="Blake1950"/> {{div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Eumolpinae Category:Myochrous Category:Chrysomelidae genera Category:Beetles of North America Category:Beetles of Central America Category:Beetles of South America Category:Taxa named by Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson