{{Short description|Genus of leaf beetles from Asia}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Pseudometaxis | display_parents = 2 | authority = Jacoby, 1900 | type_species = ''Pseudometaxis serraticollis''<br /><small>(= ''Pseudometaxis serratithorax'' Chen, 1940)</small> | type_species_authority = Jacoby, 1900<br />(nec Baly, 1867) }}
'''''Pseudometaxis''''' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in Southeast Asia and Southern China.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Moseyko|first1=A. G.|last2=Sprecher-Uebersax|first2=E.|year=2010|chapter=Eumolpinae|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qt8zDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA620|editor-last1=Löbl|editor-first1=I.|editor-last2=Smetana|editor-first2=A.|title=Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea|location=Stenstrup, Denmark|publisher=Apollo Books|pages=619–643|isbn=978-87-88757-84-2}}</ref><ref name="KimotoGressitt1982">{{cite journal|last1=Kimoto|first1=S.|last2=Gressitt|first2=J. L.|year=1982|title=Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) of Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. III. Eumolpinae|url=https://catalog.lib.kyushu-u.ac.jp/opac_download_md/2421/1.pdf|journal=Esakia|volume=18|pages=1–141|doi=10.5109/2421 |hdl=2324/2421|s2cid=83265328 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Mohamedsaid|first=M. S.|year=2004|title=Catalogue of the Malaysian Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera)|pages=1–239|place=Sofia|publisher=Pensoft Publishers|series=Pensoft Series Faunistica|volume=36|isbn=9546422010|issn=1312-0174}}</ref>
==Species== The genus contains at least five species: * ''Pseudometaxis minutus'' <small>Pic, 1923</small> – China (Yunnan) * ''Pseudometaxis rufescens'' <small>Pic, 1927</small><ref>{{cite journal|last=Pic|first=M.|year=1927|title=Nouveaux coléoptères du Globe II|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5442540x/f149.item|journal=Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France|volume=52|pages=106–110}}</ref> – Sumatra * ''Pseudometaxis serraticollis'' <small>(Baly, 1867)</small><ref name="Baly1867">{{cite journal|last=Baly|first=J. S.|year=1867|title=Phytophaga Malayana; a revision of the phytophagous beetles of the Malay Archipelago, with descriptions of the new species collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14694386|journal=Transactions of the Entomological Society of London|series=3|volume=4|pages=1–300|doi=10.1111/j.1365-2311.1866.tb01857.x}}</ref> – Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Peninsular Malayasia, Sumatra * ''Pseudometaxis serratithorax'' <small>Chen, 1940</small> – Myanmar * ''Pseudometaxis tonkineus'' <small>Pic, 1924</small> – Thailand, Vietnam
Synonyms: * ''Pseudometaxis hirsutus'' <small>Pic, 1928</small>: synonym of ''Pseudometaxis tonkineus'' <small>Pic, 1924</small> * ''Pseudometaxis maculatus'' <small>Chûjô, 1964</small>: synonym of ''Pseudometaxis serraticollis'' <small>(Baly, 1867)</small> * ''Pseudometaxis nanus'' <small>Chen, 1940</small>: synonym of ''Fidia submaculata'' <small>(Pic, 1924)</small> * ''Pseudometaxis serraticollis'' <small>Jacoby, 1900 (nec Baly, 1867)</small>: renamed to ''Pseudometaxis serratithorax'' <small>Chen, 1940</small> * ''Pseudometaxis submaculatus'' <small>(Pic, 1924)</small>: moved to ''Fidia''
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Category:Eumolpinae Category:Chrysomelidae genera Category:Taxa named by Martin Jacoby Category:Beetles of Asia
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