Chloropterus
Chloropterus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in Eastern Europe, West to Central Asia and North Africa.
The genus was originally established under the name Heterocnemis by the Russian entomologist Ferdinand Morawitz in 1860 for a single species, Heterocnemis versicolor. However, the name Heterocnemis had already been used for a genus of flower chafers, so Morawitz renamed his genus to Chloropterus the following year.
Species
Chloropterus bimaculatus – Algeria, MoroccoChloropterus fiorii Ruffo, 1965 – LibyaChloropterus grandis Weise, 1889 – Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Russia Chloropterus inornatus – China Chloropterus lefevrei Reitter, 1890- * Chloropterus lefevrei arabicus Lopatin, 2008 – United Arab Emirates
- * Chloropterus lefevrei lefevrei Reitter, 1890 – Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, UzbekistanChloropterus mateui – AlgeriaChloropterus moldaviensis Pic, 1909 – RomaniaChloropterus ornatus Lopatin, 1984 – Iran, IraqChloropterus pallidus Chobaut, 1898 – AlgeriaChloropterus persicus – IranChloropterus politus Berti & Rapilly, 1973 – Iran, OmanChloropterus stigmaticollis Fairmaire, 1875 – TunisiaChloropterus unguiculatus Lopatin, 1977 – TajikistanChloropterus versicolor – Ukraine, southern European Russia, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan