Ledesmodina

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Ledesmodina
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Eumolpini
Genus:Ledesmodina
Bechyné, 1951 [1]
Type species
Ledesmodina monrosi
Bechyné, 1951

Ledesmodina is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is found in Central America and South America. [2]

A genus is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus.

Leaf beetle family of insects

The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 species in more than 2,500 genera, making up one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle families. Numerous subfamilies are recognized, but only some of them are listed below. The precise taxonomy and systematics are likely to change with ongoing research.

Eumolpinae Subfamily of leaf beetles

The Eumolpinae are a subfamily of the leaf beetles, or Chrysomelidae. It is one of the largest subfamilies of leaf beetles, including more than 500 genera and 7000 species. They are oval, and convex in form, and measure up to 10 mm in size. Typical coloration for this subfamily of beetles ranges from bright yellow to dark red. Many species are iridescent or brilliantly metallic blue or green in appearance.

Species

Édouard Lefèvre was a French botanist and later entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera. He became a member of the Entomological Society of France in 1869.

Martin Jacoby was an entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera, especially Chrysomelidae.

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References

  1. 1 2 Bechyné, J. (1951). "Liste provisoire des Eumolpides de Bolivie et observations diverses sur les espèces de l'Amérique du Sud (Col. Phytophaga)". Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey Tutzing Bei München. 2: 227–352.
  2. ↑ Bechyné, J. (1953). "Katalog der neotropischen Eumolpiden (Col. Phytoph. Chrysomeloidea)". Entomologische Arbeiten Museum Frey (in German). 4: 26–303.
  3. ↑ Bechyné, J. (1955). "Reise des Herrn G. Frey in Sudamerika: Eumolpidae" (PDF). Entomologischen Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey. 6: 569–657.
  4. ↑ Bechyné, J.; Springlová de Bechyné, B. (1976). "Notes sur les Eumolpides neotropicaux (Coleopteres Phytophaga)" (PDF). Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 45: 328–332.


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