Lycaste (beetle)

Lycaste is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known from South America. Callicolaspis was formerly considered a synonym of the genus, but in 2003 Callicolaspis was restored as a separate genus.[2]

Lycaste
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Eumolpini
Genus: Lycaste
Gistel, 1848
Type species
Lycaste trichoa
Gistel, 1848[1]

According to Jan Bezděk (2020), Lycaste was actually an unnecessary new replacement name for Chalcophana, rather than a separate valid genus. Additionally, it is a junior homonym of Lycaste Gistel, 1834 in Buprestidae (a synonym of Polycesta), and Lycaste Agassiz, 1846 in Crustacea (an emendation of Lycesta Savigny, 1816, which is a synonym of Leucothoe).[3]

Species

As of 2003, the genus is restricted to just two species:[2]

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