Pseudoluperus

Pseudoluperus is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Pseudoluperus longulus, which is found in North America.

Pseudoluperus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Pseudoluperus Beller and Hatch, 1932
Species:	P. longulus
Binomial name
Pseudoluperus longulus (LeConte, 1857)
Synonyms
Luperus longulus LeConte, 1857 Pseudoluperus bakeri Beller & Hatch, 1932 Scelolyperus decipiens Horn, 1893

Taxonomy

In the catalogue of Wilcox (1973), Pseudoluperus constituted a heterogeneous assemblage of all sorts of Scelidites (and even a species from another section). Subsequent to that catalogue, Andrews & Gilbert (2005) added one more species to the genus, transferring Luperodes histrio from the genus Keitheatus. Species formerly included in Pseudoluperus have been transferred to the following genera: Microscelida, Scelolyperus, Synetocephalus, Amplioluperus, Cornuventer, Geethaluperus, Mexiluperus, Monoaster, Texiluperus and Trichobrotica. Furthermore, Pseudoluperus bakeri and P. decipiens have been reduced to synonyms of P. longulus, making Pseudoluperus monotypic.^[6]