Pseudorupilia

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Pseudorupilia
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Pseudorupilia ruficollis, South Africa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Galerucinae
Tribe: Luperini
Subtribe: Luperina
Genus: Pseudorupilia
Jacoby, 1893

Pseudorupilia is a genus of swollen restio beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about nine described species in Pseudorupilia. They are found in sub-Saharan Africa. [1] [2] [3]

Species

These nine species belong to the genus Pseudorupilia:

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References

  1. 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. Bibcode:2017ZooK..720...91N. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.720.13517 . PMC   5740445 . PMID   29290727.
  2. Grobbelaar, E. (1995). "A revision of the southern African genus Pseudorupilia Jacoby (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". African Entomology. 3 (2). Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  3. Wilcox, John A. (1965). A Synopsis of the North American Galerucinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). New York State Museum and Science Service.