Spilopyra
| Spilopyra | |
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| Spilopyra sumptuosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Spilopyrinae |
| Genus: | Spilopyra Baly, 1860[1] |
| Type species | |
| Spilopyra sumptuosa Baly, 1860
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Spilopyra is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Spilopyrinae. It is found in eastern Australia and New Guinea.
The genus is distinguished from other genera in Spilopyrinae by highly contrasting patterns of metallic color on its head, pronotum and elytra.[2]
Species
[edit]- Spilopyra safrina Reid & Beatson, 2010[2] – north Queensland
- Spilopyra scratchley Reid & Beatson, 2010[2] – eastern New Guinea
- Spilopyra semiramis Reid & Beatson, 2010[2] – central New Guinea
- Spilopyra stirlingi Lea, 1914[3] – north Queensland
- Spilopyra sumptuosa Baly, 1860[1] – central Queensland to northern New South Wales
References
[edit]- ^ a b Baly, J. S. (1860). "Descriptions of New Genera and Species of Eumolpidae". The Journal of Entomology. 1 (1): 23–36.
- ^ a b c d Reid, C. A. M.; Beatson, M. (2010). "Revision of the Australo-Papuan genus Spilopyra Baly (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Spilopyrinae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2692: 1–32. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.2692.1.1. S2CID 4509049. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-02-28.
- ^ Lea, A.M. (1914). "Notes on some miscellaneous Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 38: 249–344.
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