Menius (beetle)

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Menius
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Typophorini
Genus: Menius
Chapuis, 1874 [1]
Type species
Menius lacordairei
Chapuis, 1874 [1]

Menius is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. [2] It is known from Africa.

Species

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Chapuis, F. (1874). "Tome dixième. Famille des phytophages". In Lacordaire, J.T.; Chapuis, F. (eds.). Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Genera des coléoptères. Vol. 10. Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. pp. i–iv, 1–455.
  2. "Menius". African Eumolpinae site. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  3. Jacoby, M. (1903). "Descriptions of new genera and species of Phytophagous Coleoptera obtained by Herr Conradt in West-Africa (Cameroons)". Entomologische Zeitung. 64: 292–336.
  4. Jacoby, M. (1897). "Further contributions to the knowledge of the phytophagous Coleoptera of Africa, including Madagascar, Part II". Journal of Zoology . 65 (3): 527–577. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1897.tb03108.x.
  5. Burgeon, L. (1942). "Chrysomelidae - S. Fam. Eumolpinae" (PDF). Exploration du Parc National Albert - Exploratie van het Nationaal Albert Park - Mission/Zending G.F. De Witte (1933-1935). 37: 3–31.
  6. 1 2 Jacoby, M. (1893). "Descriptions of some new species of Eumolpidae and Halticidae from Africa (Gaboon)". The Entomologist . 26: 97–102.