Olorus (beetle)

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Olorus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Eumolpini
Genus: Olorus
Chapuis, 1874 [1]
Type species
Olorus femoralis
Chapuis, 1874
Synonyms [2]

Olorus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is found in Asia. [4] [5]

Species

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References

  1. 1 2 Chapuis, F. (1874). "Tome dixième. Famille des phytophages". In Lacordaire, J.T.; Chapuis, F. (eds.). Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Genera des coléoptères. Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. pp. i–iv, 1–455.
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