Biology:Cheiridella

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Short description: Genus of leaf beetles from Africa

Cheiridella
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Euryopini
Genus: Cheiridella
Jacoby, 1904[1]
Type species
Cheiridella zambesiana
Jacoby, 1904

Cheiridella is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae.[2] They are known from Africa.

Species

  • Cheiridella principis Zoia, 2017[3][4] – Príncipe, São Tomé
  • Cheiridella zambesiana Jacoby, 1904[1] – "Estcourt, Natal" (type locality)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Jacoby, M. (1904). "Another contribution to the knowledge of African Phytophagous Coleoptera". Journal of Zoology 74 (1): 230–270. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1904.tb08290.x. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/70283. 
  2. "Cheiridella". http://www.chrysomelidae.it/afr_Eum/genere_Cheiridella.html. 
  3. Zoia, S. (2017). "The Eumolpinae of São Thomé, Príncipe & Bioko Islands from the collections of the Museo civico di Storia naturale "G. Doria", Genoa (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 110: 325–398. http://www.chrysomelidae.it/Chrysomelidae/pubblicazioni-pdf-scaricabili/Zoia%202017%20Eumolpinae%20Sao%20Thom%C3%A9%20Bioko%20Principe.pdf. 
  4. Nève, G.; Bonneau, P.; Coache, A.; Serrano, A.; Filippi, G. (2022). "The Beetles (Coleoptera) of Príncipe, São Tomé and Annobón". in Ceríaco, L.M.P.; de Lima, R.F.; Melo, M. et al.. Biodiversity of the Gulf of Guinea Oceanic Islands. Cham: Springer. pp. 295–348. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-06153-0_12. ISBN 978-3-031-06152-3. 

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