Abrarius Fairmaire, 1902

Biondi, Maurizio & D'Alessandro, Paola, 2012, Afrotropical flea beetle genera: a key to their identification, updated catalogue and biogeographical analysis (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini), ZooKeys 253, pp. 1-158 : 19

Abrarius Fairmaire, 1902 Figs 2110-112278

=Entymosina Weise, 1910 (synonymized by Bechyné 1958c)

References.

Fairmaire 1902: 261; Weise 1910b: 438; Bechyné 1947a: 44 (as Entymosina ); 1958c: 9; Biondi and D’Alessandro 2010a: 402.

Type species.

Abrarius : Abrarius cribrosus Fairmaire, 1902: 261 (Madagascar: Plateau de l’Ankara), designation by monotypy; Entymosina : Entymosina parvula Weise, 1910b: 439 (Madagascar: Nossibé), by present designation.

Distribution.

Madagascar (Fig. 278).

Ecology.

No information.

Notes.

Endemic to Madagascar and comprises about ten known species. The Neotropical genus Gioia Bechyné (1955d: 77) is very similar to Abrarius , and may well be a synonym.