Biology:Acrothinium gaschkevitchii

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Short description: Species of leaf beetle

Acrothinium gaschkevitchii
Acrothinium gaschkevitchii akaganesrhms02.jpg
Acrothinium gaschkevitchii, Tanabe City, Wakayama Pref., Japan
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Bromiini
Genus: Acrothinium
Species:
A. gaschkevitchii
Binomial name
Acrothinium gaschkevitchii
(Motschulsky, 1861)[1]
Synonyms

Chrysochus gaschkevitchii Motschulsky, 1861

Acrothinium gaschkevitchii is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is distributed in East Asia.[2]

Etymology

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]

Subspecies

There are five subspecies of A. gaschkevitchii:[2]

  • Acrothinium gaschkevitchii gaschkevitchii (Motschulsky, 1861) – China (Fujian, Jiangxi, Zhejiang), Taiwan, Japan , South Korea [4]
  • Acrothinium gaschkevitchii matsuii Nakane, 1956 – Japan (Okinoerabu)
  • Acrothinium gaschkevitchii okinawense Nakane, 1985 – Japan (Okinawa)
  • Acrothinium gaschkevitchii shirakii Nakane, 1956 – Japan (Amami Ōshima, Okinawa)
  • Acrothinium gaschkevitchii tokaraense Nakane, 1956 – Japan (Tokara Islands)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Motschulsky, V. de (1861). "Insectes du Japon". Études Entomologiques 9: 4–39. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52459891. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Moseyko, A. G.; Sprecher-Uebersax, E. (2010). "Eumolpinae". Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. pp. 619–643. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=qt8zDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA620. 
  3. Marshall, T. A. (1864). "Corynodinorum Recensio". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 8 (29): 24–50. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1864.tb02004.x. 
  4. Cho, H.-W.; An, S.L. (2020). "An annotated checklist of leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of the Korean Peninsula, with comments and new records". Far Eastern Entomologist 404: 1–36. doi:10.25221/fee.404.1. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q18229989 entry