Mahatsinia

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Mahatsinia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Cassidinae
Tribe: Aspidimorphini
Genus: Mahatsinia
Spaeth, 1919
Species:
M. nodulosa
Binomial name
Mahatsinia nodulosa
(Weise, 1910) [1]
Synonyms
  • Laccoptera nodulosaWeise, 1910

Mahatsinia is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Mahatsinia nodulosa, which is found in central and eastern Madagascar. [2]

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 5.3–5.5 mm. The pronotum is yellow with a black disc black. The elytral disc is also black, with yellow elevations.

Life history

No host plant has been documented for this species. [3]

References

  1. ↑ BioLib – Tribe Aspidimorphini Chapuis, 1875
  2. ↑ Borowiec, Lech; Świętojańska, Jolanta. "Genus: Mahatsinia Spaeth, 1919". Cassidinae of the world – an interactive manual. Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, University of Wroclaw. Retrieved 2025-10-21.
  3. ↑ The Tortoise beetles of Madagascar (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) Part 1: Basiprionotini, Aspidimorphini and Cassidini (except the genus Cassida)
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