Capula (beetle)
| Capula | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Galerucinae |
| Tribe: | Hylaspini |
| Genus: | Capula Jacobson, 1925[1] |
| Type species | |
| Capula metallica Jacobson, 1925
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| Species[2] | |
Capula is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. It contains three species distributed in western China.[2] It is a member of the section "Capulites" in the tribe Hylaspini of the subfamily Galerucinae, alongside Furusawaia (including Yunnaniata), Nepalogaleruca and Himaplosonyx. All species in Capula are wingless, a character shared by the other genera in the section Capulites.[3][4]
Species[edit]
The genus contains three species:[2][3]
- Capula apicalis Chen, Wang & Jiang, 1986 – Sichuan
- Capula caudata Chen, Wang & Jiang, 1986 – Sichuan
- Capula metallica Jacobson, 1925 – Qinghai, Sichuan, Tibet
References[edit]
- ^ Jacobson, G.G (1925). "De Chrysomelidis palaearcticis. Descriptionum et annotationum series III". Russkoe Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie. 19: 143–148.
- ^ a b c Beenen, R. (2010). "Galerucinae Latreille, 1802". In Löbl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. pp. 443–491. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2.
- ^ a b Bezděk, J.; Beenen, R. (2009). "Additions to the description of Yunnaniata konstantinovi Lopatin, 2009, and its classification in the section Capulites (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Hylaspini)". Zootaxa. 2303: 45–52. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2303.1.2.
- ^ Lee, C.-F.; Bezděk, J. (2021). "Revision of the genus Furusawaia Chûjô, 1962 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae)". ZooKeys (1057): 117–148. Bibcode:2021ZooK.1057..117L. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1057.71451. PMC 8417024. PMID 34552370.
External links[edit]
- "Capula" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- Capula at insectoid.info
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