{{Short description|Genus of leaf beetles from Africa}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Nerissus | display_parents = 2 | authority = Chapuis, 1874<ref name="Chapuis1874">{{cite contribution|last=Chapuis|first=F.|year=1874|title=Tome dixième. Famille des phytophages|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9655043|editor-last1=Lacordaire|editor-first1=J.T.|editor-last2=Chapuis|editor-first2=F.|encyclopedia=Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Genera des coléoptères|publisher=Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret|place=Paris|pages=i–iv, 1–455}}</ref> | type_species = ''Nerissus strigosus'' | type_species_authority = Chapuis, 1874<ref name="Chapuis1874"/> | synonyms = * ''Nerissus'' <small>Dejean, 1836<br />(nomen nudum)</small> * ''Neristus'' <small>Agassiz, 1846</small> }}
'''''Nerissus''''' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nerissus|url=http://www.chrysomelidae.it/afr_Eum/genere_Nerissus.html|website=African Eumolpinae site|access-date=27 July 2018}}</ref> It is known from Africa.
==Species== * ''Nerissus affinis'' <small>Lefèvre, 1889</small> * ''Nerissus bicoloratus'' <small>Jacoby, 1901</small><ref name="Jacoby1901">{{cite journal|first=M.|last=Jacoby|year=1901|title=A further contribution to our knowledge of African Phytophagous Coleoptera.|journal=Transactions of the Entomological Society of London|volume=49|issue=3|pages=209–256|doi=10.1111/j.1365-2311.1901.tb02386.x|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/36456 }}</ref> * ''Nerissus carnapi'' <small>(Kuntzen, 1912)</small><ref name="Kuntzen1912">{{cite journal|last=Kuntzen|first=H.|year=1912|title=Die Eumolpinensubtribus Nerissini (Coleopt. Chrysomelidae)|url=http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Archiv-Naturgeschichte_78A_2_0042-0057.pdf|journal=Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Abteilung A|volume=78|issue=2|pages=42–57}}</ref> * ''Nerissus conformis'' <small>Weise, 1907</small> * ''Nerissus favareli'' <small>Pic, 1938</small> * ''Nerissus femoralis'' <small>Lefèvre, 1875</small> * ''Nerissus gabonensis'' <small>Jacoby, 1893</small><ref name="Jacoby1893">{{cite journal|last=Jacoby|first=M.|year=1893|title=Descriptions of some new species of Eumolpidae and Halticidae from Africa (Gaboon)|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33758859|journal=The Entomologist|volume=26|pages=97–102}}</ref> * ''Nerissus globulatus'' <small>(Kuntzen, 1912)</small><ref name="Kuntzen1912"/> * ''Nerissus griseoscutellatus'' <small>Karsch, 1882</small><ref name="Karsch1882">{{cite journal|last=Karsch|first=F.|year=1882|title=Verzeichniss der von Herrn Stabsarzt Dr. Falkenstein in Westafrika (Chinchozo) gesammelten Chrysomeliden, Endomychiden, Coccinelliden und Anthotribiden|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32507506|journal=Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift|volume=26|pages=395–403}}</ref> * ''Nerissus hispidulus'' <small>Lefèvre, 1886</small> * ''Nerissus latepubens'' <small>Pic, 1939</small><ref name="Pic1939">{{cite journal|last=Pic|first=M.|year=1939|title=Coléoptères Phytophages d'Angola|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43714260|journal=Revue suisse de Zoologie|volume=46|issue=4|pages=115–142}}</ref> * ''Nerissus lefevrei'' <small>Jacoby, 1895</small><ref name="Jacoby1895">{{cite journal|last=Jacoby|first=M.|year=1895|title=Chrysomeliden von Togo (Bismarckburg)|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33063399|journal=Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift|volume=1895|issue=1|pages=165–188}}</ref> * ''Nerissus leucocyclus'' <small>Kuntzen, 1912</small><ref name="Kuntzen1912"/> * ''Nerissus maculosus'' <small>Pic, 1938</small> * ''Nerissus rugosus'' <small>Bryant, 1956</small> * ''Nerissus saegeri'' <small>Burgeon, 1941</small> * ''Nerissus sculptilis'' <small>(J. Thomson, 1858)</small><ref name="JThomson1858">{{cite book|last=Thomson|first=J.|year=1858|chapter=Insectes. I. Ordre Coléoptères|chapter-url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11640579|title=Voyage au Gabon. Histoire naturelle des Insectes et des Arachnides recueillis pendant un voyage fait au Gabon|work=Archives Entomologiques|place=Paris|volume=2|pages=29–239}}</ref> * ''Nerissus strigosus'' <small>Chapuis, 1874</small><ref name="Chapuis1874"/> * ''Nerissus tuberculatus'' <small>Jacoby, 1901</small><ref name="Jacoby1901"/> ** ''Nerissus tuberculatus tuberculatus'' <small>Jacoby, 1901</small><ref name="Jacoby1901"/> ** ''Nerissus tuberculatus uelensis'' <small>Burgeon, 1941</small> * ''Nerissus uniformis'' <small>Pic, 1952</small> * ''Nerissus viridipennis'' <small>Jacoby, 1903</small>
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Category:Eumolpinae Category:Nerissus Category:Chrysomelidae genera Category:Taxa named by Félicien Chapuis Category:Beetles of Africa
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