title: Pathius
text: # Pathius
  
  Pathius is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known from Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
  
  The genus was originally named Taphius by Martin Jacoby in 1897; however, this name was preoccupied by Taphius Adams, 1855 (a genus in Mollusca, currently a synonym of Biomphalaria Preston, 1910) and Taphius Rafinesque, 1815 (a nomen nudum genus in Crustacea), so it was renamed to Pathius by N. A. Aslam in 1968.
  
  ## Species
  
  * Pathius daccordii Zoia, 2020
  * Pathius flavus (Jacoby, 1897)
  * Pathius maculatus (Bryant, 1957)
  * Pathius major (Weise, 1912)
  * Pathius pallidus (Weise, 1912)
  * Pathius pici Zoia, 2019
  * Pathius tanganikanus (Burgeon, 1941)
  * Pathius variabilis (Selman, 1963)
  * Pathius vulgaris (Chapuis, 1879) (Phascus?)
  