Biology:Monoxia

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Short description: Genus of beetles

Monoxia
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Tribe: Galerucini
Genus: Monoxia
J. L. LeConte, 1865

Monoxia is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 18 described species in Monoxia. They are found in North America and the Neotropics.[1][2][3]

Species

These 18 species belong to the genus Monoxia:

  • Monoxia andrewsi Riley, 2020[4]
  • Monoxia angularis (J. L. LeConte, 1859)
  • Monoxia apicalis Blake, 1939
  • Monoxia batisia Blatchley, 1917
  • Monoxia beebei Blake
  • Monoxia brisleyi Blake, 1939
  • Monoxia consputa (J. L. LeConte, 1857)
  • Monoxia debilis J. L. LeConte, 1865
  • Monoxia elegans Blake, 1939
  • Monoxia grisea Blake, 1939
  • Monoxia guttulata (J. L. LeConte, 1865)
  • Monoxia inornata Blake, 1939
  • Monoxia minuta Blake, 1939
  • Monoxia obesula Blake, 1939
  • Monoxia pallida Blake, 1939
  • Monoxia puberula Blake, 1939
  • Monoxia schizonycha Blake, 1939
  • Monoxia sordida (J. L. LeConte, 1858)


References

  1. "Monoxia Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=187782. 
  2. "Monoxia". https://www.gbif.org/species/1049423. 
  3. Riley, E.G. (2020). "A new species of Monoxia LeConte, 1865 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Galerucini) from the coast of southern Texas, USA". The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 96 (3): 189–196. doi:10.3956/2020-96.3.189. 

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q2678040 entry