Endocephalus

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Endocephalus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Eumolpini
Genus: Endocephalus
Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836
Type species
Eumolpus bigatus
(= Cryptocephalus lineatus Fabricius, 1775) [1]
Germar, 1824
Synonyms

Biorus Lefèvre, 1875

Endocephalus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in South America. [2]

Species

Synonyms: [5]

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References

  1. Bousquet, Yves; Bouchard, Patrice (2013). "The genera in the second catalogue (1833–1836) of Dejean's Coleoptera collection". ZooKeys (282): 1–219. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.282.4401 . PMC   3677338 . PMID   23794836.
  2. Bechyné, J. (1953). "Katalog der neotropischen Eumolpiden (Col. Phytoph. Chrysomeloidea)". Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey (in German). 4: 26–303.
  3. 1 2 Bechyné, J. (1950). "Notes sur les eumolpides américains" (PDF). Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft. 40: 245–263.
  4. Bechyné, J. (1954). "La liste des Eumolpides de Rio Grande do Sul (Brésil) et observations diverses sur les espéces néotropicales" (PDF). Arquivos do Museu Paranaense. 10: 141–226. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2019-03-30. (note: pages 196–199 are missing in the PDF)
  5. Bechyné, J. (1955). "Reise des Herrn G. Frey in Südamerika: Eumolpidae (Col. Phytophaga)". Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey Tutzing bei München. 6: 569–657.