Temnaspis

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Temnaspis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Megalopodidae
Subfamily: Megalopodinae
Genus: Temnaspis
Lacordaire, 1845
Type species
Megalopus javanus
Synonyms [1]

Colobaspis Fairmaire, 1894

Temnaspis is a genus of beetles in the family Megalopodidae, containing the following species: [2] [1] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Rodríguez-Mirón, Geovanni M. (2018). "Checklist of the family Megalopodidae Latreille (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea); a synthesis of its diversity and distribution". Zootaxa . 4434 (2): 265–302. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4434.2.3.
  2. ↑ "Temnaspis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  3. ↑ Medvedev, L.N. (2010). "Subfamily Megalopodinae Latreille, 1802". In Löbl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. pp. 336–337. ISBN   978-87-88757-84-2.
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