Longeumolpus
Longeumolpus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is mainly found in South America, though the type species has also been reported from Martinique in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies. The genus was established in 1960 by the Czech entomologist Bohumila Špringlová de Bechyně as a close relative of Eumolpus.
One of the generic characters separating Longeumolpus from Eumolpus is the length of the aedeagus in the males: in Eumolpus, the aedeagus is short, and always less than half the length of the abdomen, while in Longeumolpus, the aedeagus is very long and is at least three quarters of the abdomen's length.
Species
The following species are described in Longeumolpus:Longeumolpus amabilis Špringlová, 1960- * Longeumolpus amabilis amabilis Špringlová, 1960 – Peru, Brazil
- * Longeumolpus amabilis pebensis Špringlová, 1960 – Peru
- * Longeumolpus amabilis weyrauchi Špringlová, 1960 – PeruLongeumolpus batesi
- * Longeumolpus batesi batesi – Brazil
- * Longeumolpus batesi benjaminus Špringlová, 1960 – BrazilLongeumolpus bolivianus Špringlová, 1960 – BoliviaLongeumolpus carinatus – Brazil, Peru, ColombiaLongeumolpus compar Špringlová, 1960 – PeruLongeumolpus dimorphus Špringlová, 1960 – BrazilLongeumolpus emigratus Špringlová, 1960
- * Longeumolpus emigratus emigratus Špringlová, 1960 – Peru
- * Longeumolpus emigratus mesosternalis Špringlová, 1960 – BoliviaLongeumolpus ferox Špringlová, 1960
- * Longeumolpus ferox borbensis Špringlová, 1960 – Brazil
- * Longeumolpus ferox ferox Špringlová, 1960 – Brazil
- * Longeumolpus ferox parkoi Špringlová, 1960 – BrazilLongeumolpus imperialis – French Guiana, MartiniqueLongeumolpus laeviusculus Špringlová, 1960
- * Longeumolpus laeviusculus corpulentus Špringlová, 1960 – Brazil
- * Longeumolpus laeviusculus discocostatus Špringlová, 1960 – Brazil
- * Longeumolpus laeviusculus laeviusculus Špringlová, 1960 – Peru
- * Longeumolpus laeviusculus manesus Špringlová, 1960 – BrazilLongeumolpus prasinus – PeruLongeumolpus spathulatus Špringlová, 1960 – BrazilLongeumolpus speciosus – Guianas, BrazilLongeumolpus stenotypus Špringlová, 1960 – EcuadorLongeumolpus subcostatus
- * Longeumolpus subcostatus sabanillensis Špringlová, 1960 – Colombia
- * Longeumolpus subcostatus subcostatus – Ecudador