Gressittana

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Gressittana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Typophorini
Genus: Gressittana
Medvedev, 2009 [1]
Species:
G. sculpturata
Binomial name
Gressittana sculpturata
(Gressitt, 1967)
Synonyms

Rhyparida sculpturata Gressitt, 1967 [2]

Gressittana is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It contains only one species, Gressittana sculpturata, which was originally placed in Rhyparida . The genus is endemic to New Guinea, and is named after Judson Linsley Gressitt. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Medvedev, Lev N. (2009). "New genera and species of Zeugophorinae and Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from New Guinea" (PDF). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A, Neue Serie. 2: 371–408. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-30. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  2. Gressitt, J. L. (1967). "Chrysomelid beetles from the Papuan subregion, 5 (Eumolpinae, 3)" (PDF). Pacific Insects . 9 (3): 551–562.