Biology:Exochognathus
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Short description: Genus of leaf beetles from Cuba
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Eumolpinae |
| Tribe: | Eumolpini |
| Genus: | Exochognathus Blake, 1946[1] |
| Species: | E. limbatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Exochognathus limbatus Blake, 1946
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Exochognathus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is endemic to Cuba, and contains only one species, Exochognathus limbatus.[1][2] It was described by the American entomologist Doris Holmes Blake in 1946.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Blake, D. H. (1946). "Seven new species of West Indian Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 48 (5): 111–119. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16129919.
- ↑ Peck, Stewart B.; Perez-Gelabert, Daniel E. (2012). "A summary of the endemic beetle genera of the West Indies (Insecta: Coleoptera); bioindicators of the evolutionary richness of this Neotropical archipelago". Insecta Mundi (212): 1–29. http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/insectamundi/PDF-download.asp?FileName=0212PeckandPerez.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q64808726 entry
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