Entomoscelis

Entomoscelis is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 12 described species in Entomoscelis. The genus has a Holarctic distribution. Adults have red elytra with black markings.

==Species== 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