Agelasa

Agelasa
Agelasa nigriceps, Japan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Galerucinae
Tribe:	Hylaspini
Genus:	Agelasa Motschulsky, 1860

Agelasa is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are two described species in Agelasa, one extinct. They are found in the Palearctic. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

These two species belong to the genus Agelasa:

• Agelasa nigriceps Motschulsky, 1860
• † Agelasa sessilis Förster, 1891

References

1. "Agelasa". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
2. Park, Jinyoung; JeChoi, Ik; KyunPark, Jong (2020). "Revision of the tribe Hylaspini (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) in Korea". Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity. 13 (4): 724–726. doi: 10.1016/j.japb.2020.07.003 .
3. Nie, R-E; Bezděk, J.; Yang, X-K (2017). "How many genera and species of Galerucinae s. str. do we know? Updated statistics (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). In: Chaboo CS, Schmitt M (Eds) Research on Chrysomelidae". ZooKeys (720): 91–102. Bibcode:2017ZooK..720...91N. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.720.13517 . PMC   5740445 . PMID   29290727.