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Parabrotica Bechyne & Bechyne 1961

  • 1. Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602, USA. & Kerala Agricultural University, Department of Agricultural Entomology, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Trivandrum, Kerala, 695522, India.
  • 2. Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602, USA.

Description

Genus Parabrotica Bechyné & Bechyné, 1961

Parabrotica Bechyné & Bechyné, 1961: 23 (type species Parabrotica decolor Bechyné & Bechyné, 1961, by monotypy).

Neotrichota Blake, 1966a: 241 (type species Neotrichota flavipennis Blake, 1966, by original designation).

Remarks

This genus contains three described species. They occur in northern South America. See Fig. 109 for a habitus illustration.

Notes

Published as part of Viswajyothi, Keezhpattillam & Clark, Shawn M., 2022, New World genera of Galerucinae Latreille, 1802 (tribes Galerucini Latreille, 1802, Metacyclini Chapuis, 1875, and Luperini Gistel, 1848): an annotated list and identification key (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), pp. 1-102 in European Journal of Taxonomy 842 on page 25, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.842.1945, http://zenodo.org/record/7222499

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Bechyne & Bechyne
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Chrysomelidae
Genus
Parabrotica
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Parabrotica Bechyne, 1961 sec. Viswajyothi & Clark, 2022

References

  • Bechyne J. & Bechyne B. S. de. 1961. Notas sobre Chrysomeloidea neotropicais. Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Novo Serie, Zoologia 33: 1 - 50.
  • Blake D. H. 1966 a. More new galerucine beetles with excised middle tibiae in the male. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 118 (3528): 233 - 266. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.118 - 3528.233