Bedelia (beetle)

Bedelia is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is generally distributed in the Caucasus, Central Asia and East Asia.^[2] It was first described by Édouard Lefèvre in 1875, for two species from Persia collected by Ernest Marie Louis Bedel (which are now considered to be the same species). It was considered by Lefèvre to be a neighbour of Chloropterus.^[1]

Bedelia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Eumolpinae
Tribe:	Typophorini
Genus:	Bedelia Lefèvre, 1875[1]
Type species
Bedelia insignis Lefèvre, 1875

Species

• Bedelia insignis Lefèvre, 1875^[1] (Synonyms: Bedelia angustata Lefèvre, 1875;^[1] Nodostoma kokanica Solsky, 1881)
• Bedelia kaschgarica Lopatin, 1962
• Bedelia viridicoerulea Reitter, 1901^[3]

References

1. Lefèvre, E. (1875). "[Un nouveau genre d'Eumolpides provenant de Perse]". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 5. 5: x–xii.
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. Reitter, E. (1901). "Weitere Beiträge zur Coleopteren-Fauna des russischen Reiches" (PDF). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 1901: 65–84.