Lepinaria

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Lepinaria
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Eumolpini
Genus: Lepinaria
Medvedev, 1998 [1]
Species:
L. merkli
Binomial name
Lepinaria merkli
Medvedev, 1998 [1]

Lepinaria is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae, found in Malaysia. It contains only one species, Lepinaria merkli. It is related to Lepina , but the body form resembles that of Pachnephorus . [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Medvedev, L.N. (1998). "New Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) from Southeast Asia in the Hungarian Natural History Museum" (PDF). Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici. 90: 163–174.