Dictyneis is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is endemic to Chile. It is apterous.
Taxonomy The original type species designated for Dictyneis was Myochrous pulvinosus Blanchard, 1851. This species was moved to Glyptoscelis by Jerez and Berti (1987), which would automatically make Dictyneis a synonym of Glyptoscelis. However, Jerez (1991) then designated Myochrous asperatus Blanchard, 1851 as the type species, which is considered invalid by Elgueta, Daccordi & Zoia (2017). Despite this, Dictyneis continues to be used, as it is intended that a submission to the ICZN will be made to preserve the name.
Species Dictyneis asperatus (Blanchard, 1851) Dictyneis brevispinus Jerez, 1991 Dictyneis campanensis Jerez, 1991 Dictyneis canaliculatus Jacoby, 1900 Dictyneis conspurcatus (Blanchard, 1851) Dictyneis humilis (Blanchard, 1851) Dictyneis parvus Jerez, 1991 Dictyneis quadridentatus (Philippi & Philippi, 1864) Dictyneis terrosus (Philippi & Philippi, 1864)
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