Cheiridea

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Cheiridea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Typophorini
Genus: Cheiridea
Baly, 1878 [1]
Species:
C. chapuisi
Binomial name
Cheiridea chapuisi
Baly, 1878 [1]
Synonyms
Genus
  • Chiridea
Species
  • Chiridea chapuisi

Cheiridea is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. [2] It contains only one species, Cheiridea chapuisi, found in Sierra Leone. [3] It was first described by Joseph Sugar Baly in 1878.

"Chiridea" is an alternative spelling of the genus name sometimes used; it is a Latinized version of the name "Cheiridea" created by Kuntzen in 1912, who considered the original name to be not Latinized. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 Baly, J. S. (1878). "Description of New Species and Genera of Eumolpidæ" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 14 (75): 246–265. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1878.tb01834.x.
  2. ↑ "Cheiridea". African Eumolpinae site. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Sierra Leone". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
  4. ↑ Kuntzen, H. (1912). "Die Eumolpinensubtribus Nerissini (Coleopt. Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Abteilung A. 78 (2): 42–57.


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