Paranapiacaba (beetle)
Appearance
Paranapiacaba | |
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Paranapiacaba tricincta | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Chrysomelidae |
Tribe: | Luperini |
Genus: | Paranapiacaba J. Bechyné, 1958 |
Paranapiacaba is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles and flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are at least two described species in Paranapiacaba.[1][2][3][4]
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Species
[edit]These two species belong to the genus Paranapiacaba:[2][3][4]
- Paranapiacaba connexa (J. L. LeConte, 1865)
- Paranapiacaba tricincta (Say, 1824) (checkered melon beetle)
References
[edit]- ^ "Paranapiacaba Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
- ^ a b "Paranapiacaba Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
- ^ a b "Paranapiacaba Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
- ^ a b "Browse Paranapiacaba". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
Further reading
[edit]- Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
- Clark, S.M.; Le Doux, D.G.; Riley, E.G.; Gilbert, A.J.; et al. (2004). Host Plants of Leaf Beetle Species Occurring in the United States and Canada. Coleopterists Society. ISBN 9780972608732.
- Riley, Edward G.; Clark, Shawn M.; Seeno, Terry N. (2003). Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Vol. Special Publication no. 1. The Coleopterists Society. ISBN 0-9726087-1-0.
External links
[edit]Media related to Paranapiacaba (Chrysomelidae) at Wikimedia Commons