Biology:Meroda

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Short description: Genus of leaf beetles from South America

Meroda
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Merodini
Chapuis, 1874[2]
Genus: Meroda
Baly, 1860[1]
Type species
Meroda costata
Baly, 1860

Meroda is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is the only member of the tribe Merodini. It is distributed in the state of Amazonas in Brazil.[3]

Species

The genus includes the following species:[3]

  • Meroda costata Baly, 1860[1]
  • Meroda fulva Baly, 1861[4]
  • Meroda rufipennis Baly, 1861[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Baly, J. S. (1860). "Descriptions of New Genera and Species of Eumolpidae". The Journal of Entomology 1 (1): 23–36. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51723351. 
  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. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Bechyné, J. (1953). "Katalog der neotropischen Eumolpiden (Col. Phytoph. Chrysomeloidea)" (in German). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey 4: 26–303. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49645311. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Baly, J. S. (1861). "Descriptions of new genera and species of Phytophaga". The Journal of Entomology 1: 193–206. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12767901. 

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