Leucastea

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Leucastea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Megalopodidae
Subfamily: Megalopodinae
Genus: Leucastea
Stål, 1855
Type species
Leucastea dohrni
Stål, 1855

Leucastea is a genus of beetles in the family Megalopodidae, containing the following species: [1] [2]

Furthermore, the following species have been recently transferred to this genus from Poecilomorpha : [3]

References

  1. "Leucastea". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  2. Rodríguez-Mirón, Geovanni M. (2018). "Checklist of the family Megalopodidae Latreille (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea); a synthesis of its diversity and distribution". Zootaxa . 4434 (2): 265–302. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4434.2.3.
  3. Redescription of the African genus Poecilomorpha Hope, 1814 (Megalopodidae: Megalopodinae) and description of a new species