Biology:Cubispini

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Short description: Tribe of leaf beetles

Cubispini
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Cubispini
Monrós, 1954[1]
Genera

Cubispini is a tribe of leaf beetles from the Neotropical realm. It is classified within either the Eumolpinae or the Cassidinae. It was established by Francisco Monrós in 1954 to contain the genus Cubispa, which was originally placed in the subfamily Hispinae (now included in Cassidinae), in the tribe Cephaloleini. A second genus, Lobispa, was described and placed in the tribe by C.L. Staines in 2001.[2]

According to Borowiec & Świętojańska (2014), the placement of the tribe Cubispini and the genus Cubispa is still uncertain, and they prefer to exclude Cubispa from Eumolpinae and retain it in Cassidinae.[3]

References

  1. Monrós, F. (1954). "Notes and synonyms in Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 56 (1): 23–26. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16179072. 
  2. Staines, C. L. (2001). "A new genus and two new species of Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from tropical America". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 103 (1): 98–102. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16279340. 
  3. Borowiec, Lech; Świętojańska, Jolanta (2014). "2.7.2 Cassidinae Gyllenhal, 1813". Handbook of Zoology. Arthropoda: Insecta: Coleoptera: Volume 3: Morphology and Systematics (Phytophaga). Berlin - Boston: Walter de Gruyter. pp. 198–217. doi:10.1515/9783110274462.189. ISBN 978-3-11-027370-0. 

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