Biology:Nakanaia

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Short description: Genus of leaf beetles from New Guinea

Nakanaia
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Typophorini
Genus: Nakanaia
Gressitt, 1969[1]
Species:
N. depressicollis
Binomial name
Nakanaia depressicollis
Gressitt, 1969[1]

Nakanaia is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It contains only one species, Nakanaia depressicollis. It is found on the island of New Britain in Papua New Guinea. The genus is named after the type locality of the type species, the Nakanai mountains.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q55876525 entry