These 12 species belong to the genus
Entomoscelis: •
Entomoscelis adonidis (Pallas, 1771) •
Entomoscelis adonidis adonidis (Pallas, 1771) – Distribution: from Portugal to
Russian Far East and the north-western part of
North America (western Canada and western USA); includes the former
Entomoscelis americana •
Entomoscelis adonidis caucasica Kippenberg, 2020 – Distribution: Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Russia, Turkey •
Entomoscelis adonidis goliath Abeille de Perrin, 1897 – Distribution: Southeastern Turkey •
Entomoscelis berytensis (Reiche & Saulcy, 1858) – Distribution: Armenia, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Egypt (?) •
Entomoscelis cornea Abeille de Perrin, 1897 – Distribution:
North Africa, from Morocco to Libya •
Entomoscelis deserticola Lopatin, 1967 – Distribution: China •
Entomoscelis dorsalis (Fabricius, 1777) •
Entomoscelis dorsalis bashkiriae Kippenberg, 2020 – Distribution: Russia (
Bashkortostan) •
Entomoscelis dorsalis dorsalis (Fabricius, 1777) – Distribution: Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Greece (?) •
Entomoscelis dorsalis hammarstroemi Jacobson, 1901 – Distribution: Russia (southern Siberia) •
Entomoscelis dorsalis iranica Kippenberg, 2020 – Distribution: Northern Iran (
Tehran Province) •
Entomoscelis dorsalis turkestana Mikhailov, 2020 – Distribution: Kazakhstan •
Entomoscelis erythrocnema Jacobson, 1893 – Distribution: Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, northern Afghanistan •
Entomoscelis nigriventris Daccordi & Yang, 2009 – Distribution: China •
Entomoscelis orientalis Motschulsky, 1860 – Distribution: China •
Entomoscelis pilula Lopatin, 1967 – Distribution: Caucasus and Central Asia •
Entomoscelis pulla Daccordi & Ge, 2009 – Distribution: China •
Entomoscelis rumex Kippenberg, 2020 (replacement name for
Entomoscelis rumicis (Fabricius, 1787)) – Distribution: North Africa (
Maghreb), Spain (?) •
Entomoscelis sacra (Linnaeus, 1758) – Distribution: Romania, Moldova, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Ukraine, Crimea, Russia (
Udmurtia), Georgia, Armenia, Turkey, Syria, Israel, Jordan, Iraq, Iran Formerly included species: •
Entomoscelis americana Brown, 1942 (red turnip beetle): synonym of
Entomoscelis adonidis (Pallas, 1771) •
Entomoscelis occidentalis Escalera, 1914: synonym of
Entomoscelis cornea Abeille de Perrin, 1897 •
Entomoscelis suturalis Weise, 1882: synonym of
Entomoscelis sacra (Linnaeus, 1758) The name
Entomoscelis melanostoma (Gmelin, 1790) is considered a
nomen dubium. ==References==