Meristata | |
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Meristata spilota | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Family: | Chrysomelidae |
Subfamily: | Galerucinae |
Genus: | Meristata Strand, 1935 |
Type species | |
Galleruca sexmaculata Kollar & Redtenbacher, 1844 | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Merista Chapuis, 1874 (preoccupied) |
Meristata is a genus of Asian leaf beetles in the subfamily Galerucinae. Most of the species in the genus are found along the Himalayas in the China and the Indian Subcontinent. [2]
Species in the genus include: [3] [1]
The species Meristata jayarami(Vazirani, 1970) was moved to the genus Leptarthra , [4] and the species Meristata maculata(Bryant, 1954) was moved to the genus Paraspitiella . [5]
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