Acrothinium gaschkevitchii | |
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Acrothinium gaschkevitchii, Tanabe City, Wakayama Pref., Japan | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Chrysomelidae |
Subfamily: | Eumolpinae |
Tribe: | Bromiini |
Genus: | Acrothinium |
Species: | A. gaschkevitchii
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Binomial name | |
Acrothinium gaschkevitchii (
Motschulsky, 1861)
[1]
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Synonyms | |
Chrysochus gaschkevitchii Motschulsky, 1861 |
Acrothinium gaschkevitchii is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is distributed in East Asia. [2]
The species is named after the wife of Russian diplomat Iosif Goshkevich. She had sent Motschulsky a collection of insects from Japan, including specimens of Acrothinium gaschkevitchii, that she had collected in the vicinity of her residence at Hakodate and during her trips between Honshu and Hokkaido. [1] [3]
There are five subspecies of A. gaschkevitchii: [2]
Acrothinium gaschkevitchii | |
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Acrothinium gaschkevitchii, Tanabe City, Wakayama Pref., Japan | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Chrysomelidae |
Subfamily: | Eumolpinae |
Tribe: | Bromiini |
Genus: | Acrothinium |
Species: | A. gaschkevitchii
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Binomial name | |
Acrothinium gaschkevitchii (
Motschulsky, 1861)
[1]
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Synonyms | |
Chrysochus gaschkevitchii Motschulsky, 1861 |
Acrothinium gaschkevitchii is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is distributed in East Asia. [2]
The species is named after the wife of Russian diplomat Iosif Goshkevich. She had sent Motschulsky a collection of insects from Japan, including specimens of Acrothinium gaschkevitchii, that she had collected in the vicinity of her residence at Hakodate and during her trips between Honshu and Hokkaido. [1] [3]
There are five subspecies of A. gaschkevitchii: [2]