Eurypelta | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Chrysomelidae |
Subfamily: | Eumolpinae |
Genus: |
Eurypelta Lefèvre, 1885 [1] |
Type species | |
Euraspis vittatus (= Chrysomela modesta Fabricius, 1792)
Chapuis, 1874
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Synonyms | |
Eurypelta is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known from India. [3]
The genus was originally named Euraspis by Félicien Chapuis in 1874. However, the name was determined to be a spelling error of Euryaspis, which was preoccupied by the beetle genus Euryaspis Blanchard, 1851, so Chapuis's genus was renamed to Eurypelta by Édouard Lefèvre in 1885. [1]
Eurypelta | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Chrysomelidae |
Subfamily: | Eumolpinae |
Genus: |
Eurypelta Lefèvre, 1885 [1] |
Type species | |
Euraspis vittatus (= Chrysomela modesta Fabricius, 1792)
Chapuis, 1874
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Synonyms | |
Eurypelta is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known from India. [3]
The genus was originally named Euraspis by Félicien Chapuis in 1874. However, the name was determined to be a spelling error of Euryaspis, which was preoccupied by the beetle genus Euryaspis Blanchard, 1851, so Chapuis's genus was renamed to Eurypelta by Édouard Lefèvre in 1885. [1]