EUMOLPINAE - OVALOID LEAF BEETLES
Small to medium-sized beetles with dull or bright metallic colouration. They are subglobose to oblong-oval in shape. The head is deflexed anteriorly and the eyes are very slightly or entirely emarginate. Elytra cover the pygidium. Antennae are filiform and procoxae are round and globose, separated by the prosternum. Third tarsal segment is conspicuously bilobed. Larvae feed on roots.
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Thanks to Rob Westerduijn for his assistance with identification of some of the images in this gallery.
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![FIGURE 1 FIGURE 1](Alethaxius sp Eumpolinae 26 NOV 07 proc N63.jpg) | FIGURE 1 |
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![FIGURE 2 FIGURE 2](Allethaxius sp. Eumolpinae Chrysomelid san raf 5 nov 07 b.jpg) | FIGURE 2 |
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![FIGURE 3 FIGURE 3](Allocolaspis sp. 7 san rafael 16 nov 07 Nš44.jpg) | FIGURE 3 |
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![FIGURE 4 FIGURE 4](Chalcophana sp Eumolpinae 1 san rafael 14 november 07.jpg) | FIGURE 4 |
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![FIGURE 5 FIGURE 5](Colaspis sp Eumolpinae 26 NOV 07 proc N62.jpg) | FIGURE 5 |
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![FIGURE 6 FIGURE 6](Percolapsis sp. 19 aug 08 leila k proc.jpg) | FIGURE 6 |
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![FIGURE 7 FIGURE 7](Eumolpinae 4 san rafael 16 nov 07 N52.jpg) | FIGURE 7 |
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