Damasus (beetle)
Damasus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Chrysomelidae |
Subfamily: | Eumolpinae |
Tribe: | Bromiini |
Genus: | Damasus Chapuis, 1874[1] |
Species: | D. albicans
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Binomial name | |
Damasus albicans |
Damasus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It contains only one species, Damasus albicans, which is distributed in Syria and Turkey.[2][3] It was first described by the Belgian entomologist Félicien Chapuis in 1874.
References[]
- ^ a b Chapuis, F. (1874). "Tome dixième. Famille des phytophages". In Lacordaire, J.T.; Chapuis, F. (eds.). Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Genera des coléoptères. Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. pp. i–iv, 1–455.
- ^ Moseyko, A. G.; Sprecher-Uebersax, E. (2010). "Eumolpinae". In Löbl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. pp. 619–643. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2.
- ^ Aslan, İ.; Gruev, B.; Özbek, H. (1996). "Eumolpinae (Coleoptera, Chıysomelidae) of Turkey along with two new records". Turkish Journal of Entomology. 20 (1): 19–26.
Categories:
- Eumolpinae
- Chrysomelidae genera
- Beetles of Asia
- Insects of the Middle East
- Insects of Turkey
- Taxa named by Félicien Chapuis