Selmania

Selmania
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Eumolpinae
Tribe:	Typophorini
Genus:	Selmania Zoia, 2019 [1]
Type species
Rhembastus colasposomoides Burgeon, 1941
Synonyms
MassartiaSelman, 1965 (nec Conrad, 1926, nec Schouteden, 1952) [2]

Selmania is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae, found in Africa. ^[3] Most of the species in the genus were originally placed in Rhembastus . ^[2]

The genus was originally named Massartia by Brian John Selman in 1965, but it was later found that the name had already been used for a dinoflagellate and a hemipteran. Because of this, Stefano Zoia renamed the genus to Selmania in 2019. ^[1]

Species

Eight species are included in the genus: ^[1]

• Selmania albertiana (Burgeon, 1941)
• Selmania colasposomoides (Burgeon, 1941)
• Selmania hartmanni Zoia, 2019
• Selmania irregularis (Jacoby, 1900) ^[4]
• Selmania minima (Burgeon, 1942) ^[5]
• Selmania nigrita (Selman, 1972) ^[6]
• Selmania schoutedeni (Burgeon, 1941)
• Selmania sprecherae (Zoia, 2010) ^[7]

References

1. Zoia, S (2019). "New data on African Eumolpinae with description of new taxa from the collections of the Natural History Museum of Erfurt (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Vernate. 38: 305–333.
2. Selman, B. J. (1965). "A revision of the Nodini and a key to the genera of Eumolpidae of Africa (Coleoptera: Eumolpidae)" (PDF). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 16 (3): 141–174. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.21864.
3. "Selmania". African Eumolpinae site. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
4. Jacoby, M. (1900). "On new genera and species of Phytophagous Coleoptera from South and Central Africa". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London . 1900: 203–266.
5. Burgeon, L. (1942). "Chrysomelidae - S. Fam. Eumolpinae" (PDF). Exploration du Parc National Albert - Exploratie van het Nationaal Albert Park - Mission/Zending G.F. De Witte (1933-1935). 37: 3–31.
6. Selman, B. J. (1972). "Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Exploration Parc National de la Garamba. Mission H. De Saeger. 55: 1–95.
7. Zoia, S. (2010). "New data on African Eumolpinae from the collections of the Naturhistorisches Museum in Basel (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Entomologica Basiliensia et Collectionis Frey. 32: 323–341.