Gressittella (beetle)

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Gressittella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Typophorini
Genus: Gressittella
Medvedev, 2009 [1]
Type species
Gressittella riedeli
Medvedev, 2009 [1]

Gressittella is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. The genus is endemic to New Guinea, and is named after Judson Linsley Gressitt. [1]

Species

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 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.