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The following new combinations are proposed: Leucastea apicalis (Pic, 1951), L.\u00a0atricornis (Pic, 1951), L. curta (Pic, 1951), L.\u00a0fasciaticeps (Pic, 1951), L.\u00a0immaculatipes (Pic, 1951), L.\u00a0impressipennis (Pic, 1951), L. laticornis (Pic, 1951), L.\u00a0nigroapicalis (Pic, 1951), L.\u00a0nigromaculata (Pic, 1951), L.\u00a0overlaeti (Pic, 1951), L. testaceipennis (Pic, 1917), L.\u00a0trimaculata (Pic, 1951), L.\u00a0usambarica (Weise, 1902), Sphondylia diversipes (Pic, 1951), S. trilineata (Erber\u00a0&amp; Medvedev, 2002), S. gravastella (P\u00e9ringuey 1908), Macrolopha aurovillosa (Jacoby, 1894) and Monrosolopha tarsata (Bryant, 1941). Poecilomorpha abyssinica Pic, 1951 and P.\u00a0delaguensis Pic, 1913 are proposed as new synonyms of Sphondylia afer (Klug, 1824). A list of the species of the genus Poecilomorpha is also included.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.5852\/ejt.2025.987.2865","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,4,17]],"date-time":"2025-04-17T07:40:19Z","timestamp":1744875619000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Redescription of the African genus Poecilomorpha Hope, 1814 (Megalopodidae: Megalopodinae) and description of a new species"],"prefix":"10.5852","volume":"987","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0751-4672","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Geovanni M.","family":"Rodr\u00edguez-Mir\u00f3n","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"3904","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,4,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"196805","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"An S.L. 2005. Classification of leaf beetles from Korea. Part V. Subfamily Megalopodinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). 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