Monoxia

Monoxia
Monoxia obesula , Tarragona, Spain
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Tribe:	Galerucini
Genus:	Monoxia J. L. LeConte, 1865

Monoxia is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 18 described species in Monoxia. They are found in North America and the Neotropics. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

These 18 species belong to the genus Monoxia:

• Monoxia andrewsi Riley, 2020 ^[4]
• Monoxia angularis (J. L. LeConte, 1859)
• Monoxia apicalis Blake, 1939
• Monoxia batisia Blatchley, 1917
• Monoxia beebei Blake
• Monoxia brisleyi Blake, 1939
• Monoxia consputa (J. L. LeConte, 1857)
• Monoxia debilis J. L. LeConte, 1865
• Monoxia elegans Blake, 1939
• Monoxia grisea Blake, 1939
• Monoxia guttulata (J. L. LeConte, 1865)
• Monoxia inornata Blake, 1939
• Monoxia minuta Blake, 1939
• Monoxia obesula Blake, 1939
• Monoxia pallida Blake, 1939
• Monoxia puberula Blake, 1939
• Monoxia schizonycha Blake, 1939
• Monoxia sordida (J. L. LeConte, 1858)

References

1. "Monoxia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
2. "Monoxia". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
3. "Monoxia genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
4. Riley, E.G. (2020). "A new species of Monoxia LeConte, 1865 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Galerucini) from the coast of southern Texas, USA". The Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 96 (3): 189–196. doi:10.3956/2020-96.3.189. S2CID   222210133.

Further reading

• 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. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.720.13517 . PMC   5740445 . PMID   29290727.
• Wilcox, John A. (1965). A Synopsis of the North American Galerucinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). New York State Museum and Science Service.
• Riley, Edward G.; Clark, Shawn M.; Seeno, Terry N. (2003). Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Special Publication No. 1. The Coleopterists' Society. ISBN   978-0-9726087-1-8.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-90-04-26091-7.