Bathseba (beetle)
Bathseba is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It contains at least 43 species, and is distributed from India and Southern China to the Philippines.
In 2023, Tricliona was proposed as a synonym of Bathseba Motschulsky, 1866, while Tricliona foveipennis Bryant, 1950, was transferred to the genus Gressittella.
Species
The following species are placed in the genus:Bathseba armata – SumatraBathseba bakeri – PalawanBathseba bicolor – south IndiaBathseba bifasciata – India, Nepal, BhutanBathseba ceylonensis – Sri LankaBathseba consobrina – North VietnamBathseba costipennis – North VietnamBathseba episternalis – PalawanBathseba fasciata – SumatraBathseba ferruginea – PalawanBathseba ferruginosa Motschulsky, 1866 – Sri LankaBathseba fulvifrons – SumatraBathseba kashmirica Deviatkina & Moseyko, 2024 – Jammu and KashmirBathseba inconspicua – south IndiaBathseba indica – India Bathseba laevicollis – Sri LankaBathseba lakshmi – south IndiaBathseba laotica – LaosBathseba longicornis – Sri LankaBathseba marginata – south IndiaBathseba melanura – Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, ThailandBathseba microdentata – NepalBathseba minuta – LaosBathseba nepalica Deviatkina & Moseyko, 2024 – NepalBathseba nigra – south IndiaBathseba nigrofasciata – SumatraBathseba nigromaculata – SumatraBathseba oculata – BaliBathseba paksensis – Laos, VietnamBathseba philippina – MindanaoBathseba picea – south IndiaBathseba puncticeps – India, NepalBathseba quinquemaculata – Sri LankaBathseba raapi – NiasBathseba sandakana – BorneoBathseba semivittata – south IndiaBathseba suratthanica – ThailandBathseba suturalis – ThailandBathseba syzygium Kumari, Moseyko & Prathapan, 2023 – India Bathseba tonkinensis – North VietnamBathseba trangica – ThailandBathseba trimaculata – Peninsular MalaysiaBathseba tristis – ThailandBathseba variabilis – south IndiaBathseba variegata – south IndiaSynonyms:Tricliona bengalensis : synonym of Bathseba indica Tricliona apicata Jacoby, 1895: synonym of Bathseba puncticeps Tricliona foveipennis Bryant, 1950: moved to GressittellaTricliona glabricollis Jacoby, 1908 : synonym of Colaspoides sublaevicollis Duvivier, 1892Tricliona laevicollis Jacoby, 1900 : synonym of Colaspoides sublaevicollis Duvivier, 1892Tricliona oblonga : moved to BasileptaTricliona subdepressa Jacoby, 1908: synonym of Bathseba variegata Tricliona sulcatipennis Jacoby, 1896: moved to RhyparidaTricliona sulcipennis Jacoby, 1904: moved to ''Rhyparida''