Mimastra

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Mimastra
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Galerucinae
Tribe: Luperini
Subtribe: Luperina
Genus: Mimastra
Baly, 1865
Synonyms [1]
  • AnthraxanthaFairmaire in Deyrolle & Fairmaire, 1878
  • NeoatysaAbdullah & Qureshi, 1968

Mimastra is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are more than 60 described species in Mimastra. They are found in Indomalaya and the Palearctic. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Species

These 69 species belong to the genus Mimastra:

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References

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  2. "Mimastra". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
  3. Bezděk, Jan (2009). "Revisional study on the genus Mimastra (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae): Species with unmodified protarsomeres in male, Part 1" (PDF). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 49 (2).
  4. Bezděk, Jan (2010). "Revisional Study on the Genus Mimastra (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae), Part 2". Annales Zoologici. 60 (1): 35–46. doi:10.3161/000345410X499506. S2CID   88133949.
  5. Bezděk, Jan (2011). "Revisional study on the genus Mimastra (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae), Part 3: Mimastra oblonga and M. tarsalis species groups". Zootaxa. 2766 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2766.1.2 (inactive 31 January 2024).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024 (link)
  6. Bezděk, Jan; Lee, Chi-Feng (2011). "Revisional Study on the Genus Mimastra (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae), Part 4". Annales Zoologici. 61 (4): 709–729. doi:10.3161/000345411X622543. S2CID   86148473.
  7. Nie, R-E; Bezděk, J.; Yang, X-K (2017). "How many genera and species of Galerucinae s. str. do we know? Updated statistics (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). In: Chaboo CS, Schmitt M (Eds) Research on Chrysomelidae". ZooKeys (720): 91–102. Bibcode:2017ZooK..720...91N. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.720.13517 . PMC   5740445 . PMID   29290727.