| Demotina | |
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| Demotina modesta | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Eumolpinae |
| Tribe: | Bromiini |
| Genus: | Demotina Baly, 1863 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Demotina bowringii | |
| Synonyms | |
Demotina is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. [4] [5] [6] [7] There are over 50 described species in Demotina. The genus is native to Asia, Australia and Oceania, though one species ( Demotina modesta ) is an adventive species in the southeastern United States in North America. [7] Some species are known to be parthenogenetic. [8]
Species of Demotina described from Fiji and Vanuatu differ from the Asian species by the presence of emarginations on the middle and hind legs, a characteristic of the Typophorini. Because of this and other differences, the species from Fiji and Vanuatu are provisionally transferred to the genus Parademotina by Gómez-Zurita (2024). [9]
These species belong to the genus Demotina:
Asian species: [10] [11] [12] [8]
Australian species:
Oceanian (Fiji/Vanuatu) species: [32] [33] [34] [35]
Synonyms:
Data sources: i = ITIS, [4] c = Catalogue of Life, [5] g = GBIF, [6] b = Bugguide.net [7]