Gressittana

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gressittana
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Typophorini
Genus: Gressittana
Medvedev, 2009[1]
Species:
G. sculpturata
Binomial name
Gressittana sculpturata
(Gressitt, 1967)
Synonyms

Rhyparida sculpturata Gressitt, 1967[2]

Gressittana is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It contains only one species, Gressittana sculpturata, which was originally placed in Rhyparida. The genus is endemic to New Guinea, and is named after Judson Linsley Gressitt.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Medvedev, Lev N. (2009). "New genera and species of Zeugophorinae and Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from New Guinea" (PDF). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A, Neue Serie. 2: 371–408.
  2. ^ Gressitt, J. L. (1967). "Chrysomelid beetles from the Papuan subregion, 5 (Eumolpinae, 3)" (PDF). Pacific Insects. 9 (3): 551–562.


Retrieved from ""