Paranapiacaba (beetle)

Genus of beetles

Paranapiacaba
Paranapiacaba tricincta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Tribe: Luperini
Genus: Paranapiacaba
J. Bechyné, 1958

Paranapiacaba is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles and flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are at least two described species in Paranapiacaba.[1][2][3][4]

Paranapiacaba tricincta

Species

These two species belong to the genus Paranapiacaba:[2][3][4]

  • Paranapiacaba connexa (J. L. LeConte, 1865)
  • Paranapiacaba tricincta (Say, 1824) (checkered melon beetle)

References

  1. ^ "Paranapiacaba Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  2. ^ a b "Paranapiacaba Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  3. ^ a b "Paranapiacaba Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  4. ^ a b "Browse Paranapiacaba". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-06.

Further reading

  • Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
  • Clark, S.M.; Le Doux, D.G.; Riley, E.G.; Gilbert, A.J.; et al. (2004). Host Plants of Leaf Beetle Species Occurring in the United States and Canada. Coleopterists Society. ISBN 9780972608732.
  • Riley, Edward G.; Clark, Shawn M.; Seeno, Terry N. (2003). Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Vol. Special Publication no. 1. The Coleopterists Society. ISBN 0-9726087-1-0.

External links

  • Media related to Paranapiacaba (Chrysomelidae) at Wikimedia Commons
Taxon identifiers
Paranapiacaba


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