Brachypnoea
Gistel, 1848
Species Guides
8- Brachypnoea clypealis
- Brachypnoea convexa
- Brachypnoea lecontei(Texas Live Oak Leaf Beetle)
- Brachypnoea margaretae
- Brachypnoea puncticollis(Rose Leaf Beetle)
- Brachypnoea rotundicollis
- Brachypnoea texana
- Brachypnoea tristis
Brachypnoea is a of leaf beetles in the Eumolpinae, primarily distributed in the with eight extending into the . The genus was established by Gistel in 1848 as a replacement name for the preoccupied Noda (Chevrolat, 1836). Several species have been reclassified to other genera, including Dryadomolpus, Chrysodinopsis, and Spintherophyta. The genus belongs to the tribe Typophorini within the diverse leaf beetle Chrysomelidae.
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Distribution
Primarily ; eight occur in the . Documented locality records include Colombia (departments of Cundinamarca, Nariño, Caldas, Tolima, Valle del Cauca, Meta, Antioquia).
Similar Taxa
- DryadomolpusFormer Brachypnoea (B. brevis, B. ella, B. simoni, B. singularis, B. trichophora) were moved to this based on revised classification
- ChrysodinopsisB. cupriceps transferred to this
- SpintherophytaB. minuta transferred to this
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Nomenclatural history
The has a complex taxonomic history. Chevrolat's original name Noda (1836) was preoccupied by Noda Schellenberg, 1803 (Diptera). Two replacement names were proposed: Brachypnoea (Gistel, 1848) and Nodonota (Lefèvre, 1885). Brachypnoea has priority as the earlier-published valid name. Authorship dates vary in sources: Gistel 1848 (Catalogue of Life) versus 1850 (GBIF).