Menippus (beetle)
| Menippus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Galerucinae |
| Tribe: | Galerucini |
| Genus: | Menippus Clark, 1864 |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Issikia Chûjô, 1961 | |
Menippus is a genus of leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae).[2]
Habitat and Environment
[edit]This leaf beetle is mostly found in Australia, depending on the stringybark eucalyptus tree for food. The trees are also used to harbor eggs for future larvae.
Species
[edit]Menippus contains the following species:[3][4][1][5]
- Menippus aeneipennis Weise, 1892
- Menippus asahinai (Chûjô, 1962)
- Menippus beeneni Lee, Bezděk & Suenaga, 2012
- Menippus brevicornis (Jacoby, 1889)
- Menippus cervinus (Hope, 1831) (synonym: Menippus canellinus Fairmaire, 1889)
- Menippus clarki Jacoby, 1884
- Menippus cynicus Clark, 1864
- Menippus darcyi Reid & Nally, 2008
- Menippus dimidiaticornis (Jacoby, 1889)
- Menippus doeberli Suenaga, Lee & Bezděk, 2017
- Menippus ewani Reid & Nally, 2008
- Menippus fugitivus (Lea, 1926)
- Menippus gressitti Lee, Bezděk & Suenaga, 2012
- Menippus hsuehleeae Lee, Bezděk & Suenaga, 2012
- Menippus inconspicua (Jacoby, 1894)
- Menippus issikii (Chûjô, 1961)
- Menippus laterimaculata (Jacoby, 1886)
- Menippus marginipennis (Jacoby, 1894)
- Menippus metallicus Baly, 1886
- Menippus murzini Lee, Bezděk & Suenaga, 2012
- Menippus nepalensis Lee, Bezděk & Suenaga, 2012
- Menippus nigrocoeruleus Jacoby, 1886
- Menippus philippinensis Jacoby, 1894
- Menippus sakishimanus Suenaga, Lee & Bezděk, 2017
- Menippus sericea (Weise, 1889)
- Menippus sufi Reid & Nally, 2008
- Menippus viridis Duvivier, 1884
- Menippus yulensis (Jacoby, 1896)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Lee, C.-F.; Bezděk, J.; Suenaga, H. (2012). "Revision of Menippus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) of Taiwan and Menippus dimidiaticornis species group with a new generic synonymy". Zootaxa. 3427: 1–16. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3427.1.1.
- ^ Galerucinae in Synopsis of the described Coleoptera of the World 13 december 2008 Archived 20 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Reid, C.A.M.; Nally, S.C. (2008). "Revision of the genus Menippus Clark in Australia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae)". Australian Journal of Entomology. 47 (2): 87–101. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.2008.00634.x.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Suenaga, H.; Lee, C.-F.; Bezděk, J. (2017). "Two new species of the genus Menippus Clark (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) from islands of Ryukyu-rettô, Japan, and redescription of M. issikii (Chûjô)". Entomologische Blätter und Coleoptera. 113 (1): 231–240.
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