Aoria is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. Members of the genus are distributed in East and Southeast Asia. Food plants are known for only a few species, all of which were recorded from Vitaceae.
The genus is divided into three subgenera: Aoria, Osnaparis and Pseudaoria, the latter two formerly being considered genera in their own right. Aloria is similar to the genus Aloria (including former genus Enneaoria), but differs from it by its antennae: Aoria has 11-segmented antennae, while Aloria has nine-segmented antennae.
Species Subgenus Aoria Baly, 1863
Aoria annulipes Pic, 1935 – China Aoria antennata Chen, 1940 – East China (Zhejiang, Jiangxi) Aoria atra Pic, 1923 – Southwest China (Yunnan), North Vietnam Aoria bicoloripes Pic, 1935 – Vietnam Aoria bowringii (Baly, 1860) – South China, Indochina, Taiwan, India, Myanmar, Malay Peninsula, Borneo Aoria brancuccii Medvedev, 2012 – North India Aoria carinata Tan, 1993 – Central China (Hunan) Aoria costata Tan, 1992 – Central China (Hunan) Aoria cuprea Medvedev, 2012 – Southwest China (Sichuan, Yunnan) Aoria cyanea Chen, 1940 – Northwest China (Gansu) Aoria fulva Medvedev, 2012 – North China (Shanxi) Aoria fulvula Medvedev, 2012 – North Vietnam Aoria gracilicornis Chen, 1940 – East China (Shandong) Aoria heinzi Medvedev, 2012 – Southwest China (Sichuan) Aoria humeralis Medvedev, 2019 – North Vietnam Aoria marginipennis Medvedev, 2012 – Southwest China (Sichuan) Aoria martensi Medvedev, 2012 – Northwest China (Shaanxi) Aoria nepalica Medvedev & Sprecher-Uebersax, 1997 – Nepal Aoria nigripennis Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961 – South China: (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi) Aoria nigripes (Baly, 1860) – South China, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, India, Nepal, Taiwan, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra Aoria nigromarginata Medvedev, 2012 – South China (Fujian) Aoria panfilovi Medvedev, 2012 – Southwest China (Sichuan) Aoria rufotestacea Fairmaire, 1889 – South China (Xikang, Guizhou, Hubei, Jiangsu, Zhejiang) Aoria scutellaris Pic, 1923 Aoria scutellaris rufipennis Pic, 1923 – Southwest China (North Sichuan) Aoria scutellaris scutellaris Pic, 1923 – South-east China, west to Sichuan, north and central Vietnam Aoria semicostata Jacoby, 1892 Aoria thibetana Pic, 1928 – West China (Tibet, Yunnan) Aoria vietnamica Medvedev, 2012 – North Vietnam
Subgenus Osnaparis Fairmaire, 1889 Aoria laosica Medvedev, 2012 – Laos Aoria lushuiensis Tan, 1992 – Southwest China (Yunnan) Aoria montana Tan, 1992 – Southwest China (Sichuan) Aoria nucea (Fairmaire, 1889) – China (Xikang, Sichuan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Hebei), North Vietnam, Japan, Taiwan Aoria pallidipennis Pic, 1928 – North Vietnam, Taiwan, Thailand
Subgenus Pseudaoria Jacoby, 1908 Aoria burmanica (Jacoby, 1908) – India (Manipur), Myanmar Aoria floccosa (Tan, 1992) – Southwest China (Hengduan Mountains) Aoria irregularis (Tan, 1992) – Southwest China (Sichuan) Aoria petri (Warchałowski, 2010) – Southwest China (Sichuan) Aoria rufina (Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961) – Southwest China (Sichuan) Aoria yunnana (Tan, 1992) – Southwest China (Yunnan)
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