Papuella

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Papuella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Anamorphidae
Genus: Papuella
Strohecker, 1956

Papuella is a genus of beetle belonging to the family Anamorphidae. It has two species Papuella birolecta (Strohecker, 1956) and Papuella globosa ((Arrow, 1926)), which are native to New Guinea and Sumatra, respectively. [1] A fly given the same genus name in 1973 was moved to the genus Papuellicesa in 2010. [2]

References

  1. Shockley, F. W.; Tomaszewska, K. W.; Mchugh, J. V. (2009-02-04). "An annotated checklist of the handsome fungus beetles of the world (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Endomychidae)" . Zootaxa. 1999 (1): 1–113. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1999.1.1. ISSN   1175-5334.
  2. "Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara Miscellaneous Papers 151". Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (Cesa). 21 May 2010.