Biology:Malacorhinus

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Short description: Genus of beetles

Malacorhinus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Galerucinae
Tribe: Metacyclini
Genus: Malacorhinus
Jacoby, 1887

Malacorhinus is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 30 described species in Malacorhinus. They are found in North America and the Neotropics.[1][2][3]

In Australia, the species Malacorhinus irregularis was introduced to Northern Territory in 2000 as a biological control agent against the weed Mimosa pigra.[4][5]

Species

These 10 species belong to the genus Malacorhinus:

  • Malacorhinus acaciae (Schaeffer, 1906)
  • Malacorhinus apicalis Jacoby, 1887
  • Malacorhinus biplagiatus Jacoby, 1887
  • Malacorhinus decempunctatus Jacoby, 1887
  • Malacorhinus dilaticornis Jacoby, 1887
  • Malacorhinus exclamationis Jacoby, 1892
  • Malacorhinus foveipennis (Jacoby, 1879)
  • Malacorhinus irregularis (Jacoby, 1887)
  • Malacorhinus knullorum Wilcox, 1951
  • Malacorhinus tilghmani Mignot, 1970 (replacement name for Malacorhinus tripunctatus (Jacoby, 1879))[6]

References

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q2856493 entry