Acrothinium gaschkevitchii

Acrothinium gaschkevitchii
Acrothinium gaschkevitchii, Tanabe City, Wakayama Pref., Japan
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Eumolpinae
Tribe:	Bromiini
Genus:	Acrothinium
Species:	A. gaschkevitchii
Binomial name
Acrothinium gaschkevitchii (Motschulsky, 1861) [1]
Synonyms
Chrysochus gaschkevitchii Motschulsky, 1861

Acrothinium gaschkevitchii is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is distributed in East Asia. ^[2]

Etymology

The species is named after the wife of Russian diplomat Iosif Goshkevich. She had sent Motschulsky a collection of insects from Japan, including specimens of Acrothinium gaschkevitchii, that she had collected in the vicinity of her residence at Hakodate and during her trips between Honshu and Hokkaido. ^{[1] [3]}

Subspecies

There are five subspecies of A. gaschkevitchii: ^[2]

• Acrothinium gaschkevitchii gaschkevitchii(Motschulsky, 1861) – China (Fujian, Jiangxi, Zhejiang), Taiwan, Japan, South Korea ^[4]
• Acrothinium gaschkevitchii matsuiiNakane, 1956 – Japan (Okinoerabu)
• Acrothinium gaschkevitchii okinawenseNakane, 1985 – Japan (Okinawa)
• Acrothinium gaschkevitchii shirakiiNakane, 1956 – Japan (Amami Ōshima, Okinawa)
• Acrothinium gaschkevitchii tokaraenseNakane, 1956 – Japan (Tokara Islands)

References

1. Motschulsky, V. de (1861). "Insectes du Japon". Études Entomologiques. 9: 4–39.
2. Moseyko, A. G.; Sprecher-Uebersax, E. (2010). "Eumolpinae". In Löbl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. pp. 619–643. ISBN   978-87-88757-84-2.
3. Marshall, T. A. (1864). "Corynodinorum Recensio". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 8 (29): 24–50. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1864.tb02004.x.
4. Cho, H.-W.; An, S.L. (2020). "An annotated checklist of leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of the Korean Peninsula, with comments and new records". Far Eastern Entomologist. 404: 1–36. doi: 10.25221/fee.404.1 .

External links

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