Bromiini (or Adoxini) is a tribe of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. The tribe contains approximately 120 genera, which are found worldwide. They are generally thought to be an artificial group, often with a subcylindrical prothorax without lateral ridges and covered with setae or scales.
Nomenclature The name "Bromiini" is conserved over the older name "Adoxini" because of Article 40(2) of the ICZN, which states: "If ... a family-group name was replaced before 1961 because of the synonymy of the type genus, the substitute name is to be maintained if it is in prevailing usage. A name maintained by virtue of this Article retains its own author but takes the priority of the replaced name, of which it is deemed to be the senior synonym." Bromiini is cited with its own author and date, followed by the date of the replaced name in parentheses: Bromiini Baly, 1865 (1863).
Taxonomy Following the leaf beetle classification of Seeno and Wilcox (1982), the genera of Bromiini are divided into eight informal groups or "sections": Bromiites, Leprotites, Myochroites, Nerissites, Pseudocolaspites, Scelodontites, Tomyrites and Trichochryseites. In 1993, the section Tomyrites (interpreted as the subtribe "Tomyrina") was given the replacement name "Ebooina" by C.A.M. Reid, as it was based on a preoccupied genus-group name.
In the Catalog of the leaf beetles of America North of Mexico, published in 2003, Myochroites was placed in synonymy with the section Iphimeites in Eumolpini, while Scelodontites was transferred to Typophorini. Of the genera formerly placed in Myochroites, Glyptoscelis and Myochrous were transferred to Iphimeites in Eumolpini, Colaspidea was transferred to Leprotites, while the placement of the remaining genera was not determined.
Genera The following genera belong to the tribe Bromiini:
Section Scelodontites:
Heteraspis Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836 (= Scelodonta Westwood, 1838) Pagellia Lefèvre, 1885 Scelodontina Medvedev, 1979 Scelolanka Medvedev, 1974 Syricta Baly, 1865
Section Leprotites:
Aloria Anonymous, 1940 (= Enneaoria Tan, 1981) Andosia Weise, 1896 Aoria Baly, 1863 (= Osnaparis Fairmaire, 1889 = Pseudaoria Jacoby, 1908) †Aoriopsis Moseyko, Kirejtshuk & Nel, 2010 Aulexis Baly, 1863 Brevicolaspis Laporte, 1833 Colaspidea Laporte, 1833 Crowsonia Monrós, 1952 Damelia Clark, 1864 Demotina Baly, 1863 Epistamena Weise, 1915 Erythraella Zoia, 2012 Fidia Motschulsky, 1861 (= Lypesthes Baly, 1863) Goniopleura Westwood, 1832 Hemiplatys Baly, 1863 Hyperaxis Harold, 1874 Irenes Chapuis, 1874 Leprotoides Jacoby, 1896 Malegia Lefèvre, 1883 Neculla Baly, 1863 Neofidia Strother, 2020 (= Fidia Baly, 1863) Nephrella Baly, 1863 Notoxolepra Medvedev, 2004 Orthaulexis Gressitt, 1945 Parademotina Bryant & Gressitt, 1957 Piomera Baly, 1863 Pseudometaxis Jacoby, 1900 Stasimus Baly, 1863 Thootes Jacoby, 1890 Trichotheca Baly, 1860 Trichoxantha Medvedev, 1992 Xanthonia Baly, 1863 Xanthophorus Jacoby, 1908
Section Trichochryseites:
Caspiana Lopatin, 1978 Dermestops Jacobson, 1898 Eka Maulik, 1931 Eryxia Baly, 1865 Lahejia Gahan, 1896 Parheminodes Chen, 1940 Parnops Jacobson, 1894 Trichochrysea Baly, 1861
Section Nerissites:
Casmena Chapuis, 1874 Chiridisia Jacoby, 1898 Dicolectes Lefèvre, 1886 Lymidus Fairmaire, 1901 Nerissus Chapuis, 1874 Uhehlia Weise, 1906
Section Pseudocolaspites:
Badenis Weise, 1909 Callipta Lefèvre, 1885 Cyno Marshall, 1865 Diconerissus Burgeon, 1941 Didalsus Fairmaire, 1887 Echtrusia Lefèvre, 1890 Endroedymolpus Zoia, 2001 Ennodius Lefèvre, 1885 Eurysthenes Lefèvre, 1885 Macetes Chapuis, 1874 Macrocoma Chapuis, 1874 Mesocolaspis Jacoby, 1908 Monardiella Pic, 1940 Nerissella Jacoby, 1904 Pallena Chapuis, 1874 Pausiris Chapuis, 1874 Pseudocolaspis Laporte, 1833 Pseudostola Fairmaire, 1899 Semmiona Fairmaire, 1885 Sphaerostola Fairmaire, 1903 Tanybria Selman, 1963
Section Bromiites:
Anidania Reitter, 1889 Bromius Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836
Section Myochroites:
Acrothinium Marshall, 1865 Apolepis Baly, 1863 Aulacolepis Baly, 1863 Cellomius Lefèvre, 1888 Chalcosicya Blake, 1930 Colaspina Weise, 1893 Damasus Chapuis, 1874 Dictyneis Baly, 1865 Eurypelta Lefèvre, 1885 Heterotrichus Chapuis, 1874 Lepina Baly, 1863 Lepinaria Medvedev, 1998 (= Pseudolepis Medvedev & Zoia, 2001) Lophea Baly, 1865 Mecistes Chapuis, 1874 Neocles Chapuis, 1874 Neocloides Jacoby, 1898 Pachnephoptrus Reitter, 1892 Pachnephorus Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836 Trichochalcea Baly, 1878
Section Tomyrites (= Subtribe Ebooina):
Eboo Reid, 1993
Genera not placed in a section:
Cryocolaspis Flowers, 2004 †Profidia Gressitt, 1963 Pseudoxanthus Zoia, 2010
According to BugGuide and ITIS, the genus Graphops has been transferred to the tribe Typophorini, and Glyptoscelis and Myochrous to the tribe Eumolpini. The genus Rhodopaea Gruev & Tomov, 1968 has been transferred to the tribe Floricollini.
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