Polyonychus is a genus of jewel beetles that belongs to the subfamily Agrilinae. Some species belonging to this genus have been found in Australia.
Taxonomy This genus was established in 1838 by Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat, a French entomologist that specialized in the study of beetles. It was not accepted as a subgenus of Coraebus by Lacordaire or Kiesenwetter due to characteristics which distinguish it from Coraebus. However Andrew Murray, a Scottish naturalist, thought of Polyonychus as a useful section of Coraebus arguing that it is worthy of being preserved as such because of how many species are within Coraebus.
Species There are currently six species that belong to this genus. They are listed below:
Polyonychus apicalis (Kerremans, 1912) Polyonychus dessumi (Descarpentries & Villiers, 1966) Polyonychus mucidus Chevrolat, 1838 (Type species) Polyonychus nigropictus (Gory & Laporte, 1839) Polyonychus proximus (Kerremans, 1890) Polyonychus tricolor (Saunders, 1866)
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