Ralstonia is a genus of Proteobacteria, previously included in the genus Pseudomonas. It is named after the American bacteriologist Ericka Ralston. Ericka Ralston was born Ericka Barrett in 1944 in Saratoga, California, and died in 2015 in Sebastopol, California. While in graduate school at the University of California at Berkeley, she identified 20 strains of Pseudomonas which formed a phenotypical homologous group, and named them Pseudomonas pickettii, after M.J. Pickett in the Department of Bacteriology at the University of California at Los Angeles, from whom she had received the strains. Later, P. pickettii was transferred to the new genus Ralstonia, along with several other species. She continued her research into bacterial pathogenesis under the name of Ericka Barrett while a professor of microbiology at the University of California at Davis from 1977 until her retirement in 1996.
Ralstonia pickettii is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped, soil bacterium.
Ralstonia insidiosa is a Gram-negative, environmental bacterium. It has been shown to be a pathogenic in immunocompromised patients in hospital settings. This bacterium is closely related to Ralstonia pickettii.
Katibasia insidiosa is a species of loach endemic to Sarawak, Malaysia. It is the only species in its genus.
Paraleprodera is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae, containing the following species:
Paraleprodera corrugata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1935.
Paraleprodera flavoplagiata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae that was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1938.
Paraleprodera itzingeri is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1935. It is known from Taiwan.
Paraleprodera javanica is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1943. It is known from Java.
Paraleprodera malaccensis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1936. It is known from Malaysia.
Paraleprodera tonkinensis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1954.
Paraleprodera bigemmata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by James Thomson in 1865. It is known from India.
Paraleprodera cordifera is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by James Thomson in 1865.
Paraleprodera diophthalma is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe in 1857. It is known from Taiwan and China.
Paraleprodera epicedioides is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe in 1866. It is known from Borneo and Malaysia.
Paraleprodera carolina is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Léon Fairmaire in 1900. It is known from China.
Paraleprodera crucifera is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1793. It is known from Sri Lanka and India.
Paraleprodera stephanus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by White in 1858, originally under the genus Monohammus. It is known from India, China, Vietnam, Laos, Bhutan, and Nepal. Sources disagree as to the spelling and the synonymies associated with this taxon. The name "fasciata" is sometimes treated as a subspecies, but this name is unavailable under ICZN Art. 45.6.4, as it was described as infrasubspecific and not used as a valid name prior to 1985.
