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
These 68 genera belong to the tribe Bromiini:
Acrothinium Marshall, 1865
Andosia Weise, 1896
Anidania Reitter, 1889
Aoria Baly, 1863
†Aoriopsis Moseyko, Kirejtshuk & Nel, 2010
Apolepis Baly, 1863
Aulexis Baly, 1863
Brevicolaspis Laporte, 1833
Bromius Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836
Callipta Lefèvre, 1885
Caspiana Lopatin, 1978
Cellomius Lefèvre, 1888
Chalcosicya Blake, 1930
Colaspidea Laporte, 1833
Colaspina Weise, 1893
Cryocolaspis Flowers, 2004
Damasus Chapuis, 1874
Damelia Clark, 1864
Demotina Baly, 1863
Dermestops Jacobson, 1898
Eboo Reid, 1993
Eka Maulik, 1931
Endroedymolpus Zoia, 2001
Enneaoria Tan, 1981
Erythraella Zoia, 2012
Eryxia Baly, 1865
Fidia Motschulsky, 1861 (= Lypesthes Baly, 1863) Goniopleura Westwood, 1832 Hemiplatys Baly, 1863 Heterotrichus Chapuis, 1874 Hyperaxis Harold, 1874 Irenes Chapuis, 1874 Lahejia Gahan, 1896 Lepina Baly, 1863 Macetes Chapuis, 1874 Macrocoma Chapuis, 1874 Malegia Lefèvre, 1883 Mecistes Chapuis, 1874 Mesocolaspis Jacoby, 1908 Neocles Chapuis, 1874 Neocloides Jacoby, 1898 Neofidia Strother, 2020 (= Fidia Baly, 1863) Osnaparis Fairmaire, 1889 Pachnephoptrus Reitter, 1892 Pachnephorus Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836 Parademotina Bryant & Gressitt, 1957 Parheminodes Chen, 1940 Parnops Jacobson, 1894 Phortus Weise, 1899 Piomera Baly, 1863 †Profidia Gressitt, 1963 Pseudaoria Jacoby, 1908 Pseudocolaspis Laporte, 1833 Pseudolepis Medvedev & Zoia, 2001 Pseudometaxis Jacoby, 1900 Pseudoxanthus Zoia, 2010 Rhodopaea Gruev & Tomov, 1968 Semmiona Fairmaire, 1885 Scelodonta Westwood, 1838 (= Heteraspis Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836) Stasimus Baly, 1863 Tanybria Selman, 1963 Thootes Jacoby, 1890 Trichochalcea Baly, 1878 Trichochrysea Baly, 1861 Trichotheca Baly, 1860 Trichoxantha Medvedev, 1992 Xanthonia Baly, 1863 Xanthophorus Jacoby, 1908
According to BugGuide and ITIS, the genus Graphops has been transferred to the tribe Typophorini, and Glyptoscelis and Myochrous to the tribe Eumolpini.