Atomyria

Atomyria is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in Central and Western Asia as well as North Africa.[2] In 2012, the genus was moved from the tribe Bromiini to the tribe Nodinini.[3]

Atomyria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Typophorini
Genus: Atomyria
Jacobson, 1894[1]
Type species
Nodostoma sarafschanica
Solsky, 1881

Members of the genus inhabit tugai forests.[3] The known distribution of Atomyria also corresponds very closely with the distribution of the desert shrub genus Tamarix.[4]

Species
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References
  1. Jacobson, G. G. (1894). "Zur Chrysomeliden - Fauna der Umgegend vom See Issyk-kul". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 1894 (1): 97–107.
  2. Moseyko, A. G.; Sprecher-Uebersax, E. (2010). "Eumolpinae". In Löbl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. pp. 619–643. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2.
  3. Moseyko, A. G. (2012). "Comments on the genus Aphilenia Weise in Reitter, 1889 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae), with a description of a new species from Russia". Entomological Review. 92 (7): 773–781. doi:10.1134/S0013873812070044.
  4. Selman, B. J. (1969). "Atomyria Jacobson (Coleoptera, Eumolpinae), a genus new to Africa". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 2. 41 (1): 200–202.
  5. Baly, J. S. (1878). "Description of New Species and Genera of Eumolpidæ" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 14 (75): 246–265. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1878.tb01834.x.


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