Coleorozena

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Coleorozena
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Cryptocephalinae
Tribe: Clytrini
Genus: Coleorozena
Moldenke, 1970

Coleorozena is a genus of case-bearing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. The group is largely composed of species that were originally placed in the genus Coscinoptera ; some authorities have suggested placing these species back into Coscinoptera [1] but the most recent revisions prefer to retain it as a separate genus. [2]

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References

  1. Agrain, F. A., and S. Roig-Juñent (2011) Systematics and cladistics of Megalostomis Chevrolat, and the biogeography of Clytrini (Coleoptera: Cryptocephalinae). Systematic Entomol. 36: 672–704
  2. Uriel Jeshua Sánchez-Reyes, Santiago Niño-Maldonado, Shawn M. Clark, Fatima Magdalena Sandoval-Becerra, Itzcóatl Martínez-Sánchez, José Norberto Lucio-García (2021) New and remarkable distribution record of Proctophana basalis Lacordaire in northeastern Mexico. Southwestern Entomologist 45(4): 1085-1090

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