Trichochrysea is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in Asia.
According to A. G. Moseyko (in 2012), the Central Asian species are significantly different from the Oriental species.
Species The genus includes the following species:
South, East and Southeast Asian species:
Trichochrysea aeneipennis (Lefèvre, 1890) – Southwestern China (Guizhou), Vietnam Trichochrysea albopilosa Medvedev & Eroshkina, 1987 – Vietnam Trichochrysea annamita (Lefèvre, 1877) – Southern China (Guangdong, Hong Kong), Vietnam Trichochrysea antennata Jacoby, 1908 – Eastern India (West Bengal: Darjeeling), Myanmar Trichochrysea bhamoensis (Jacoby, 1892) – Myanmar Trichochrysea bidens (Lefèvre, 1893) – Thailand, Laos, Vietnam Trichochrysea borneensis (Jacoby, 1895) – Borneo Trichochrysea brevipennis Pic, 1926 – Borneo Trichochrysea cephalotes (Lefèvre, 1893) – Vietnam Trichochrysea chejudoana Komiya, 1985 – South Korea Trichochrysea chihtuana Komiya, 1985 – Taiwan Trichochrysea clypeata (Jacoby, 1889) – Southwestern China (Yunnan), Myanmar, Vietnam Trichochrysea cupreata (Baly, 1867) – Singapore Trichochrysea curta Pic, 1926 – Thailand, Laos, Vietnam Trichochrysea evanescens (Baly, 1864) – Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo Trichochrysea fasciata Chen, 1940 – Vietnam Trichochrysea formosana Komiya, 1985 – Taiwan Trichochrysea fortipunctata Lopatin, 2005 – Nepal Trichochrysea grisea Medvedev & Eroshkina, 1999 – Thailand Trichochrysea hebe (Baly, 1864) – Southwestern China (Yunnan), Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam Trichochrysea hirta (Fabricius, 1801) Trichochrysea hirta hirta (Fabricius, 1801) – Indonesia, Peninsular Malaysia Trichochrysea hirta viridis (Jacoby, 1892) – Central and Southern China, India, Myanmar, Thailand Trichochrysea igneipennis (Lefèvre, 1890) – Timor Trichochrysea imperialis (Baly, 1861) – Central and Southern China, Vietnam Trichochrysea inaequalis Pic, 1927 – Laos, Vietnam Trichochrysea incana Medvedev & Eroshkina, 1987 – Vietnam Trichochrysea jacobyi Medvedev, 2000 – Myanmar Trichochrysea japana (Motschulsky, 1858) – Japan, China, South Korea Trichochrysea lameyi (Lefèvre, 1893) – Southern China (Hainan), Vietnam Trichochrysea lesnei (Berlioz, 1921) – Southern China (Guizhou, Zhejiang) Trichochrysea mandarina (Lefèvre, 1893) – Southwestern China (Yunnan), Thailand, Laos, Vietnam Trichochrysea marmorata Tan, 1984 – Southwestern China (Yunnan) Trichochrysea morosa (Lefèvre, 1885) – Thailand Trichochrysea mouhoti Baly, 1861 – Southwestern China (Yunnan), Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam Trichochrysea multicolor Pic, 1926 – Thailand, Laos, Vietnam Trichochrysea nitidissima (Jacoby, 1888) Trichochrysea nitidissima nitidissima (Jacoby, 1888) – Southern China, Nepal, Vietnam Trichochrysea nitidissima scutellaris Pic, 1926 – Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Bangladesh, India, Nepal Trichochrysea okinawana Nakane, 1956 Trichochrysea okinawana meridiojaponica Komiya, 1985 – Japan Trichochrysea okinawana okinawana Nakane, 1956 – Ryukyu Islands Trichochrysea okinawana taiwana Komiya, 1985 – Taiwan Trichochrysea parvula (Jacoby, 1892) – Myanmar Trichochrysea philippinensis (Baly, 1864) – Philippines Trichochrysea purpureomaculata Jacoby, 1898 – India, Myanmar Trichochrysea purpureonotata Pic, 1927 – Southwestern China (Yunnan) Trichochrysea quadrifasciata (Jacoby, 1889) Trichochrysea quadrifasciata igneicollis Medvedev & Eroshkina, 1999 – Thailand Trichochrysea quadrifasciata quadrifasciata (Jacoby, 1889) – Myanmar Trichochrysea robusta Pic, 1926 – Vietnam, Laos Trichochrysea rufofemoralis Jacoby, 1908 – Myanmar Trichochrysea sakishimana Komiya, 1985 – Ryukyu Islands Trichochrysea sericea Pic, 1926 – Southwestern China (Yunnan) Trichochrysea similis Chen, 1935 – Southwestern China (Guangxi), Vietnam Trichochrysea sinensis Chen, 1940 – Northern China Trichochrysea singaporensis Medvedev, 2009 – Singapore Trichochrysea speciosa (Jacoby, 1896) – Sumatra Trichochrysea tarsata Achard, 1921 – Southwestern China (Guizhou), Vietnam, Laos Trichochrysea transversicollis Medvedev & Eroshkina, 1999 – Thailand Trichochrysea trapezicollis Medvedev & Eroshkina, 1999 – Thailand Trichochrysea truncata Medvedev & Sprecher-Uebersax, 1999 – Nepal Trichochrysea undulata Pic, 1926 – Western China (Xizang) Trichochrysea variegata (Jacoby, 1889) – Myanmar Trichochrysea vestita Baly, 1861 – Nepal, Northern and Northeastern India, Myanmar Trichochrysea viridilabris Heller, 1923 – Southwestern China (Sichuan) Trichochrysea vitalisi (Berlioz, 1917) – Thailand, Laos
Central Asian species: Trichochrysea amygdali (Ogloblin in Semenov & Ogloblin, 1941) Trichochrysea amygdali amygdali (Ogloblin in Semenov & Ogloblin, 1941) – Tajikistan Trichochrysea amygdali nuratavica Lopatin, 1976 – Uzbekistan Trichochrysea arnoldii (Medvedev, 1957) – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan Trichochrysea occidentalis (Weise, 1887) – Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Synonyms: Trichochrysea bhamoensis Jacoby, 1908 (not T. bhamoensis (Jacoby, 1892)): renamed to Trichochrysea jacobyi Medvedev, 2000 Trichochrysea celebensis (Jacoby, 1895): synonym of Trichochrysea hirta (Fabricius, 1801) Trichochrysea humeralis Pic, 1928: synonym of Trichochrysea cephalotes (Lefèvre, 1893) Trichochrysea gloriosa (Lefèvre, 1893): synonym of Trichochrysea aeneipennis (Lefèvre, 1890) Trichochrysea griseonotata Pic, 1936: possible synonym of Trichochrysea fasciata Chen, 1940 Trichochrysea laosensis Pic, 1928: synonym of Trichochrysea hebe (Baly, 1864) Trichochrysea nitida (Jacoby, 1892): synonym of Trichochrysea clypeata (Jacoby, 1889) Trichochrysea severini Jacoby, 1900: synonym of Trichochrysea vestita Baly, 1861 Trichochrysea splendida Achard, 1921: synonym of Trichochrysea hebe (Baly, 1864) Trichochrysea superba Pic, 1934: synonym of Trichochrysea mouhoti Baly, 1861 Trichochrysea viridipes Pic, 1936: synonym of Trichochrysea cephalotes (Lefèvre, 1893)
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