Aulexis nigripennis

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Aulexis nigripennis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Aulexis
Species:
A. nigripennis
Binomial name
Aulexis nigripennis
Jacoby, 1908

Aulexis nigripennis is a species of beetle in the leaf beetle family (Chrysomelidae), distributed in Tenasserim (Thandaung), Nepal. The scientific name of the species was published in 1908 by Martin Jacoby. [1] [2]

Description

It is fulvous; the terminal joints of the antennae are black; dorsally, it is clothed with short grey pubescence; the elytra are black. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Jacoby, M. (1908). Bingham, C. T. (ed.). Coleoptera. Chrysomelidae. Vol. 1. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. London: Taylor & Francis. p. 411.
  2. Clavareau, H. (1914). "Chrysomelidae: 11. Eumolpinae". In Junk, W.; Schenkling, S. (eds.). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 59. Berlin: W. Junk. p. 74.