Cleorina
Cleorina is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in South, East and Southeast Asia, New Guinea and Australia.
Cleorina modiglianii, a species found in Sumatra, was considered as a potential biological control agent for the giant bramble, an invasive plant species in La Réunion, but was rejected after testing its host specificity.
Species
Species include:Cleorina aeneomicans – Peninsular Malaysia, JavaCleorina andamanensis Jacoby, 1908 – Andaman IslandsCleorina assamensis Jacoby, 1908 – India Cleorina basalis – JavaCleorina basipennis Medvedev, 1995 – Philippines Cleorina bevani – India, Southern IndiaCleorina bicolor Jacoby, 1908 – Myanmar Cleorina bicoloripes Pic, 1937 – VietnamCleorina borneoensis Medvedev & Romantsov, 2014 – Borneo Cleorina bosi Medvedev, 2008 – SulawesiCleorina bryanti Medvedev, 2009 – Papua New GuineaCleorina buechi Medvedev, 2008 – SulawesiCleorina castanea Lefèvre, 1885 – PhilippinesCleorina chlorina Takizawa, 1988 – Nepal, India Cleorina collaris – Borneo Cleorina costata Tan & Wang, 1981 – China Cleorina costatella Medvedev, 2009 – VietnamCleorina cyrtopus – PhilippinesCleorina dohertyi Jacoby, 1908 – Myanmar Cleorina dura – AustraliaCleorina femorata Medvedev, 2009 – Western New GuineaCleorina flavipes Medvedev, 2009 – Western New Guinea, Papua New GuineaCleorina flavoornata Medvedev, 1995 – Philippines Cleorina fulva Jacoby, 1908 – Southern India, NepalCleorina fulvicornis Medvedev, 2008 – SulawesiCleorina fulvipes Lefèvre, 1890 – SulawesiCleorina fulvitarsis Lefèvre, 1887 – Peninsular Malaysia, SumatraCleorina gestroi Jacoby, 1896 – SumatraCleorina gorbunovi Medvedev, 2008 – SulawesiCleorina grandis Eroshkina, 1988 – VietnamCleorina hainana Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961 – China, Thailand, Laos, VietnamCleorina hirticollis Bryant, 1950 – Western New Guinea, Papua New GuineaCleorina imperialis – Peninsular Malaysia, SumatraCleorina indica Jacoby, 1908 – Myanmar Cleorina instriata Pic, 1937 – China Cleorina jacobyi Duvivier, 1892 – India, NepalCleorina janthina Lefèvre, 1885 – China, Nepal, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, IndochinaCleorina laeta Medvedev, 1995 – Philippines Cleorina longicornica Tan, 1992 – China Cleorina longicornis Jacoby, 1908 – Myanmar Cleorina luzonica Medvedev, 1995 – Philippines Cleorina major Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982 – LaosCleorina malayana Jacoby, 1896 – SumatraCleorina manipurensis Jacoby, 1908 – India Cleorina metallica Lefèvre, 1885 – JavaCleorina metallica Shukla, 1960 – India Cleorina mimica Medvedev & Eroshkina, 1983 – VietnamCleorina mjoebergi – AustraliaCleorina modesta Jacoby, 1908 – India Cleorina modiglianii Jacoby, 1896 – SumatraCleorina morosa Lefèvre, 1885 – PhilippinesCleorina nepalensis – India, NepalCleorina nigricornis Medvedev, 2009 – Western New GuineaCleorina nigrita Jacoby, 1895 – BorneoCleorina nigroviridis Jacoby, 1908 – India Cleorina nitidia Tan, 1981 – China Cleorina nitidicollis Tan & Wang, 1981 – China Cleorina nobilis Lefèvre, 1885 – India, MyanmarCleorina oblonga Jacoby, 1908 – Myanmar Cleorina ornata Jacoby, 1896 – SumatraCleorina papuana Bryant, 1950 – Papua New GuineaCleorina philippinensis Jacoby, 1898 – PhilippinesCleorina pulchella Lefèvre, 1885 – AustraliaCleorina pulchra Medvedev, 2009 – Western New GuineaCleorina puncticollis Jacoby, 1894 – Peninsular MalaysiaCleorina punctipleuris Medvedev, 2008 – SulawesiCleorina punctisterna Medvedev & Eroshkina, 1983 – VietnamCleorina purpurea Lea, 1915 – AustraliaCleorina purpureipennis – Peninsular MalaysiaCleorina riedeli Medvedev, 2009 – Papua New GuineaCleorina robusta Takizawa & Basu, 1987 – India Cleorina schawalleri Medvedev, 2009 – Papua New GuineaCleorina sculpturata – MyanmarCleorina semipurpurea Jacoby, 1905 – Papua New Guinea Cleorina splendida Bryant, 1950 – Papua New Guinea Cleorina splendida Tan, 1992 – China Cleorina strigicollis Medvedev & Eroshkina, 1983 – VietnamCleorina strigosipleuris Medvedev, 2015 – China Cleorina subnodosa Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961 – China Cleorina substriata Medvedev, 2016 – Peninsular MalaysiaCleorina sulawensis Medvedev, 2008 – SulawesiCleorina sumatrana Jacoby, 1899 – Peninsular Malaysia, SumatraCleorina sumatrensis Lefèvre, 1885 – SumatraCleorina suturata Jacoby, 1899 – BengalCleorina takizawai Medvedev & Sprecher-Uebersax, 1999 – India, NepalCleorina tibialis Lefèvre, 1885 – PhilippinesCleorina verrucosa Medvedev, 2008 – SulawesiCleorina vietnamica Medvedev & Eroshkina, 1983 – VietnamCleorina viridis – SumatraCleorina viridissima Jacoby, 1905 – Western New Guinea, Papua New GuineaCleorina xizangensis Tan & Wang, 1981 – ChinaSynonyms:Cleorina bella : synonym of Cleorina janthina Lefèvre, 1885Cleorina bhamoensis : synonym of Cleorina sculpturata Cleorina capitata : synonym of Cleorina sculpturata Cleorina lefevrei Jacoby, 1890: synonym of Cleorina janthina Lefèvre, 1885Cleorina purpureipennis var. purpureicollis Pic, 1937: synonym of Cleorina janthina Lefèvre, 1885Cleorina purpureipennis var. violaceipennis Pic, 1937: synonym of Cleorina janthina Lefèvre, 1885
Renamed species:Cleorina costata Medvedev & Eroshkina, 1983: renamed to Cleorina costatella Medvedev, 2009Cleorina nepalensis Takizawa, 1985 : renamed to Cleorina takizawai Medvedev & Sprecher-Uebersax, 1999