Genus Promechus Boisduval, 1835
- Promechus Boisduval, J.A. 1835. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont d'Urville. Faune Entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage. 2me Partie. Coléoptères et autres Ordres. Paris : J. Tastu vii 716 pp. [Date published 27-III-1835] [575].
Type species:
Promechus splendidus Boisduval, 1835 by subsequent designation, see Reid, C.A.M. 2006. A taxonomic revision of the Australian Chrysomelinae, with a key to the genera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Zootaxa 1292: 1-119 [95]. - Aesernia Stål, C. 1860. Till kannedomen om Chrysomelidae. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 17: 455-470 [455].
Type species:
Phyllocharis splendens Guérin- Méneville, 1833 by subsequent designation, see Reid, C.A.M. 2006. A taxonomic revision of the Australian Chrysomelinae, with a key to the genera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Zootaxa 1292: 1-119 [95].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Weise, J. 1916. Chrysomelidae: 12. Chrysomelinae. Schenkling, S. (ed.) Coleopterorum Catalogus. Pars 68. Berlin : Junk. 1-255 pp. [111] (Aesernia Stål, 1860: 466 junior synonym Promechus Boisduval, 1835: 575)
General References
Reid, C.A.M. 2006. A taxonomic revision of the Australian Chrysomelinae, with a key to the genera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Zootaxa 1292: 1-119 [95] (diagnostic description, Australian species)
History of changes
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