Biology:Menius (beetle)

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Short description: Genus of leaf beetles from Africa

Menius
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Typophorini
Genus: Menius
Chapuis, 1874[1]
Type species
Menius lacordairei
Chapuis, 1874[1]

Menius is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae.[2] It is known from Africa.

Species

  • Menius conradti Jacoby, 1903[3]
  • Menius cyaneipes Pic, 1939
  • Menius lacordairei Chapuis, 1874[1]
  • Menius madagascariensis Jacoby, 1897[4]
  • Menius mombassanus Burgeon, 1942[5]
  • Menius purpureus Pic, 1939
  • Menius splendidus Jacoby, 1893[6]
  • Menius subcostatus Jacoby, 1893[6]
  • Menius viridicupreus Burgeon, 1941

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Chapuis, F. (1874). "Tome dixième. Famille des phytophages". Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Genera des coléoptères. 10. Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. pp. i–iv, 1–455. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9655043. 
  2. "Menius". http://www.chrysomelidae.it/afr_Eum/genere_Menius.html. 
  3. Jacoby, M. (1903). "Descriptions of new genera and species of Phytophagous Coleoptera obtained by Herr Conradt in West-Africa (Cameroons)". Entomologische Zeitung 64: 292–336. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9009949. 
  4. Jacoby, M. (1897). "Further contributions to the knowledge of the phytophagous Coleoptera of Africa, including Madagascar, Part II". Journal of Zoology 65 (3): 527–577. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1897.tb03108.x. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/69604. 
  5. Burgeon, L. (1942). "Chrysomelidae - S. Fam. Eumolpinae". Exploration du Parc National Albert - Exploratie van het Nationaal Albert Park - Mission/Zending G.F. De Witte (1933-1935) 37: 3–31. http://biblio.naturalsciences.be/rbins-publications/institut-des-parcs-nationaux-du-congo/exploration-du-parc-national-albert-exploratie-van-het-nationaal-albert-park-mission-zending-g-f-de-witte-1933-1935/37-1942-mission-zending-g-f-de-witte-1933-1935-chrysomelidae-eumolpinae/irscnb_p4137_rbins18742_37_corps-de-texte-red.pdf. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 Jacoby, M. (1893). "Descriptions of some new species of Eumolpidae and Halticidae from Africa (Gaboon)". The Entomologist 26: 97–102. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33758859. 

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