Exochognathus
Exochognathus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Chrysomelidae |
Subfamily: | Eumolpinae |
Tribe: | Eumolpini |
Genus: | Exochognathus Blake, 1946[1] |
Species: | E. limbatus
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Binomial name | |
Exochognathus limbatus Blake, 1946
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Exochognathus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is endemic to Cuba, and contains only one species, Exochognathus limbatus.[1][2] It was described by the American entomologist Doris Holmes Blake in 1946.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c Blake, D. H. (1946). "Seven new species of West Indian Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 48 (5): 111–119.
- ^ Peck, Stewart B.; Perez-Gelabert, Daniel E. (2012). "A summary of the endemic beetle genera of the West Indies (Insecta: Coleoptera); bioindicators of the evolutionary richness of this Neotropical archipelago" (PDF). Insecta Mundi (0212): 1–29.
Categories:
- Eumolpinae
- Chrysomelidae genera
- Beetles of North America
- Insects of Cuba
- Taxa named by Doris Holmes Blake
- Monotypic beetle genera
- Eumolpinae stubs