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

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.