Gaberella

Gaberella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Eumolpinae
Tribe:	Typophorini
Genus:	Gaberella Selman, 1965 [1]
Species:	G. costata
Binomial name
Gaberella costata (Baly, 1878) [2]
Synonyms [1]
Menius costatus Baly, 1878 Rhembastus sjoestedti Jacoby, 1903

Gaberella is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae, found in Africa. ^[3] It contains only one species, Gaberella costata, which was first described by Joseph Sugar Baly in 1878 and was originally placed in the genus Menius . ^[1]

Description

G. costata has a very rounded body, which is 3 millimetres (0.12 in) in length. The head is deeply inserted into the thorax, and both the head and prothorax are turned strongly downwards. ^[1] The front legs of the males have a highly enlarged first tarsomere (segment of the tarsus). ^[4]

Distribution

G. costata is recorded from Bioko Island, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan and Uganda. ^{[5] [4]}

References

1. Selman, B. J. (1965). "A revision of the Nodini and a key to the genera of Eumolpidae of Africa (Coleoptera: Eumolpidae)" (PDF). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 16 (3): 141–174. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.21864.
2. Baly, J. S. (1878). "Diagnosis of a new genus and some undescribed species of African Phytophaga". The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine . 14: 177–179. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.22827.
3. "Gaberella". African Eumolpinae site. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
4. Zoia, S. (2017). "The Eumolpinae of São Thomé, Príncipe & Bioko Islands from the collections of the Museo civico di Storia naturale "G. Doria", Genoa (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova. 110: 325–398.
5. Selman, B. J. (1973). "Coleoptera from North-East Africa. Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae. (Zoological contribution from the Finnish expeditions to the Sudan No. 34)". Notulae Entomologicae. 53 (4): 159–166.