Cleoparida

Cleoparida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Eumolpinae
Tribe:	Nodinini
Genus:	Cleoparida; Gressitt, 1967 [1]
Type species
	Cleoporus ribbei ; Jacoby, 1898

Last updated September 06, 2019

Cleoparida is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in the Solomon Islands.^[1]

A genus is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus.

The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 species in more than 2,500 genera, making up one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle families. Numerous subfamilies are recognized, but only some of them are listed below. The precise taxonomy and systematics are likely to change with ongoing research.

The Eumolpinae are a subfamily of the leaf beetles, or Chrysomelidae. It is one of the largest subfamilies of leaf beetles, including more than 500 genera and 7000 species. They are oval, and convex in form, and measure up to 10 mm in size. Typical coloration for this subfamily of beetles ranges from bright yellow to dark red. Many species are iridescent or brilliantly metallic blue or green in appearance.

Species

Cleoparida freycinetiae Gressitt, 1967
Cleoparida obrieni Gressitt, 1967
Cleoparida ribbei (Jacoby, 1898)
Cleoparida salomonensis (Bryant, 1937)
Cleoparida speciosa Gressitt, 1967

Judson Linsley Gressitt was an American entomologist and naturalist who worked in Japan and China. He worked mainly on beetle diversity in Southeast Asia and in applied areas, particularly medical entomology, and was the founder of the journal Pacific Insects and the Wau Ecology Institute in Papua New Guinea. Apart from insects, he collected specimens in numerous taxa and several have been named after him.

Martin Jacoby was an entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera, especially Chrysomelidae.

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Nakanaia is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It contains only one species, Nakanaia depressicollis. It is found on the island of New Britain in Papua New Guinea. The genus is named after the type locality of the type species, the Nakanai mountains.

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Stethotes is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae.

Aulexis is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in East and Southeast Asia.

Nodina is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in Asia.

Paracrothinium is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known from Asia.

References

1 2 Gressitt, J. L. (1967). "Chrysomelid beetles from the Papuan subregion, 4 (Eumolpinae, 2)" (PDF). Pacific Insects . 9 (2): 295–340.

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[Gressitt1967-1] 1 2 Gressitt, J. L. (1967). "Chrysomelid beetles from the Papuan subregion, 4 (Eumolpinae, 2)" (PDF). Pacific Insects . 9 (2): 295–340.