Capula | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Suborder: | Polyphaga |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Family: | Chrysomelidae |
Subfamily: | Galerucinae |
Tribe: | Hylaspini |
Genus: | Capula Jacobson, 1925 [1] |
Type species | |
Capula metallica Jacobson, 1925 |
Capula is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. It contains three species distributed in western China. [2] It is a member of the section "Capulites" in the tribe Hylaspini of the subfamily Galerucinae, alongside Furusawaia (including Yunnaniata), Nepalogaleruca and Himaplosonyx . All species in Capula are wingless, a character shared by the other genera in the section Capulites. [3] [4]
The genus contains three species: [2] [3]