Anachalcoplacis

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Anachalcoplacis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Eumolpini
Genus: Anachalcoplacis
B. Bechyné, 1983 [1]
Type species
Lamprosphaerus amazonicus
Jacoby, 1899

Anachalcoplacis is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known from South America. [1]

Species

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Bechyné, B. (1983). "Eumolpidae neotropicaux nouveaux ou peu connus (Coleoptera - Phytophaga)". Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 52 (5): 154–167. doi: 10.3406/linly.1983.10587 .
  2. Bechyné, J. (1954). "La liste des Eumolpides de Rio Grande do Sul (Brésil) et observations diverses sur les espéces néotropicales" (PDF). Arquivos do Museu Paranaense. 10: 141–226. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2019-06-26. (note: pages 196–199 are missing in the PDF)
  3. Bechyné, J. (1965). "Notes sur quelques Chrysomeloidea neotropicaux nouveaux ou peu connus (Col. Phytophaga)" (PDF). Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 34: 23–27. doi:10.3406/linly.1965.5727.
  4. 1 2 Bechyné, J. (1958). "Notizen zu den neotropischen Chrysomeloidea (Col. Phytophaga)". Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey Tutzing bei München. 9: 478–706.