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page 8Monotypic beetle genera
Mesotroea
Mesotroea cyanipennis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, and the only species in the genus Mesotroea. It was described by Breuning in 1939.
Neocrossidius
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Neocrossidius trivittatus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, the only species in the genus Neocrossidius.
Thouvenotiana
Thouvenotiana is a genus of longhorned beetles in the family Cerambycidae. This genus has a single species, Thouvenotiana ichneumona, found in French Guiana.
Mimeuseboides
Mimeuseboides excavatipennis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, and the only species in the genus Mimeuseboides. It was described by Breuning in 1967.
Methioides
Methioides cicatricosa is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, the only species in the genus Methioides.
Trichoeax
Trichoeax somaliensis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, and the only species in the genus Trichoeax. It was described by Breuning in 1938.
Xylosybra
Xylosybra fasciculosa is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, and the only species in the genus Xylosybra. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1939.
Trichroa
Trichroa is a genus of longhorned beetles in the family Cerambycidae. This genus has a single species, Trichroa oberthueri, found in Madagascar.
Paramblesthidopsis
Paramblesthidopsis ochreosignata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, and the only species in the genus Paramblesthidopsis. It is found in the Republic of the Congo. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1981.
Tucumaniella
Tucumaniella brevipes is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, and the only species in the genus Tucumaniella. It was described by Breuning in 1943.
Paranauxesis
Paranauxesis antennalis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, and the only species in the genus Paranauxesis. It was described by Breuning in 1940.
Pseudotmesisternus
Pseudotmesisternus vestitus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, and the only species in the genus Pseudotmesisternus. It was described by Fauvel in 1906.
Mimofalsoropica
Mimofalsoropica kaszabi is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, and the only species in the genus Mimofalsoropica. It was described by Breuning in 1975.
Rhadia
Rhadia is a genus of longhorned beetles in the family Cerambycidae. This genus has a single species, Rhadia pusio, found in Papua New Guinea.
Stenideopsis
Stenideopsis madagascariensis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, and the only species in the genus Stenideopsis. It was described by Breuning in 1940.
Pachyticon
Pachyticon is a genus in the longhorn beetle family Cerambycidae. This genus has a single species, Pachyticon brunneum, found in South Africa.
Oxyommata
Oxyommata collaris is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, the only species in the genus Oxyommata.
Sinopyrophorus
Sinopyrophorus is a genus of bioluminescent hard-bodied clicking beetles in the superfamily Elateroidea, and is the sole member of the recently recognized family Sinopyrophoridae. The genus currently contains a single species, Sinopyrophorus schimmeli, which was described in 2019 from the subtropical evergreen broadleaf forests of western Yunnan, China.
Pithodia
Pithodia tessellata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, and the only species in the genus Pithodia. It was described by Pascoe in 1865.
Microcapnolymma
Microcapnolymma is a genus in the longhorn beetle family Cerambycidae. This genus has a single species, Microcapnolymma angustata, found in Vietnam.
Phidodontina
Phidodontina is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Phidodontina gedyei, which is found in Kenya.
Parafreoides
Parafreoides ghanaensis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, and the only species in the genus Parafreoides. It was described by Breuning in 1975.
Sternostenoides
Sternostenoides is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Sternostenoides daguerrei, which is found in Argentina.
Paragasponia
Paragasponia krantzi is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, and the only species in the genus Paragasponia. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1981.
Micratelodesmis
Micratelodesmis minor is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, and the only species in the genus Micratelodesmis. It was described by Martins and Galileo in 2012. It is known from Costa Rica.
Metalloeme
Metalloeme viridescens is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, the only species in the genus Metalloeme.
Vittatopothyne
Vittatopothyne flavovittata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, and the only species in the genus Vittatopothyne. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1960.

Rachicephala
Rachicephala is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There is one described species in Rachicephala, Rachicephala vittatipennis, which is found in Mexico.
Pararhopaloscelides
Pararhopaloscelides is a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae, which contains the single species Pararhopaloscelides sericeipennis. It was described by Breuning in 1947.
Paraholopterus
Paraholopterini is a tribe of beetles in the subfamily Cerambycinae, containing the single genus Paraholopterus and the single species Paraholopterus nahuelbutensis.

Thysia
Thysia wallichii is a species of longhorn beetle (family Cerambycidae). It is typically long and native to the northern part of South Asia, southern China, Mainland Southeast Asia and the Greater Sundas. It is the only species in the genus Thysia (though sometimes listed by the synonym Diastocera wallichii) and it was described by Hope in 1831.
Platybrotica
Platybrotica is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. The genus is monotypic, being represented by the single species Platybrotica misionensis, which is found in Argentina.
Hecyroides
Hecyroides lateriplagiata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, and the only species in the genus Hecyroides. It was described by Breuning in 1938.
Ootypus
Ootypus is a monotypic genus of beetles belonging to the family Cryptophagidae. The only species is
Ootypus globosus. It is native to Europe.
Neozodes
Neozodes signatus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, the only species in the genus Neozodes.
Hecyromorpha
Hecyromorpha plagicollis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, and the only species in the genus Hecyromorpha. It was described by Gahan in 1904.
Paratessaropa
Paratessaropa brachyptera is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, the only species in the genus Paratessaropa.
Lygistus
Lygistus is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There is one described species in Lygistus, Lygistus streptophallus, which is found in Arizona and nearby areas of Mexico.
Anisochalepus
Anisochalepus is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Anisochalepus reimoseri, which is found in Paraguay.
Spaethispa
Spaethispa is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Spaethispa pulchella, which is found in Cuba.
Paracrossotus
Paracrossotus multifasciculatus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, and the only species in the genus Paracrossotus. It was described by Breuning in 1969.
Goyachalepus
Goyachalepus is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Goyachalepus donckieri, which is found in Brazil (Goyaz).
Mimosaperdopsis
Mimosaperdopsis is a monotypic beetle genus in the family Cerambycidae described by Stephan von Breuning in 1959. Its single species, Mimosaperdopsis apiculata, was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1916.
Licracantha
Licracantha formicaria is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, the only species in the genus Licracantha.
Lustrocomus
Lustrocomus paraensis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, and the only species in the genus Lustrocomus. It was described by Martins and Galileo in 1996.
Jambhala
genus of leaf beetles
Geopinus
Geopinus incrassatus is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae, the only species in the genus Geopinus.
Icublabia
Icublabia is a genus of flat-faced longhorns in the beetle family Cerambycidae. This genus has a single species, Icublabia multispinosa, found in Colombia and Ecuador.
Thrymoserica
Thrymoserica is a genus of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Thrymoserica fabulosa, which is found in Tanzania.
Paraschoenionta
Paraschoenionta is a monotypic beetle genus in the family Cerambycidae described by Stephan von Breuning in 1950. Its only species, Paraschoenionta shelfordi, occurs in Borneo.
Pseudocallispa
Pseudocallispa is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Pseudocallispa schultzei, which is found in Philippines (Panaon, Mindanao, Nonoc).
Parhecyra
Parhecyra is a monotypic beetle genus in the family Cerambycidae described by Stephan von Breuning in 1942. Its only species, Parhecyra costata, was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1908.
Haplorhabdus
Haplorhabdus is a monotypic beetle genus in the family Cerambycidae described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1917. Its only species, Haplorhabdus nymani, was described by the same author in the same year.
Pseudhecyra
Pseudhecyra albofasciata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, and the only species in the genus Pseudhecyra. It was described by Breuning in 1976.
Paracanthocinus
Paracanthocinus laosensis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, and the only species in the genus Paracanthocinus. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1965.
Stheniopygus
Sthenopygus medioalbus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, and the only species in the genus Sthenopygus. It was described by Breuning in 1938.
Pseudoschoenionta
Pseudoschoenionta is a monotypic beetle genus in the family Cerambycidae erected by Stephan von Breuning in 1954. Its only species, Pseudoschoenionta libellula, was described by Karl Jordan in 1894.
Quasimesosella
Quasimesosella ussuriensis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, and the only species in the genus Quasimesosella. It was described by Cherepanov in 1984.
Mimoecthispa
Mimoethispa is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Mimoecthispa irregularis, which is found in Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul).

Phosphuga
Phosphuga is a European genus of carrion beetle, whose sole member is the species Phosphuga atrata. The beetle is up to 15mm long and has an elongated neck that it uses to reach into snail shells, which it sprays with a digestive fluid. The beetle feeds on live snails, insects and earthworms, as well as on carrion. Newly moulted beetles are brownish in color, older ones are black. The larvae are black and flattened and feed on snails as well. They pupate in the ground. Adults are flightless, lacking flight muscles.