Probaenia tibialis

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Probaenia tibialis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Probaenia
Species:
P. tibialis
Binomial name
Probaenia tibialis
(Kolbe, 1901) [1]
Synonyms
  • Uroplata tibialisKolbe, 1901
  • Probaenia triquetraUhmann, 1940

Probaenia tibialis is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Colombia.

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Taxonomy

Although described in 1901, this description was placed in the wrong chapter of an article in the Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. This is the reason that Julius Weise overlooked the species description when he prepared the Hispinae part of the Coleopterorum Catalogus in 1911. Uhmann later published a supplement to this catalogue in 1957, but also overlooked the species. Later, Uhmann described the species himself, under the name Probaenia triquetra. [2]

Biology

The food plant is unknown. [3]

References

  1. Integrated Taxonomic Information System
  2. Uroplata tibialis – a forgotten species (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Hispinae)
  3. Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Chalepini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved August 26, 2025.