Biology:Paleomolpus

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Short description: Extinct genus of leaf beetles

Paleomolpus
Temporal range: Late Eocene
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Eumolpini
Genus: Paleomolpus
Nadein, 2015[1]
Species:
P. hirtus
Binomial name
Paleomolpus hirtus
Nadein, 2015[1]

Paleomolpus is an extinct genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It contains only one species, Paleomolpus hirtus. It is known from late Eocene amber from Denmark . The generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek palaios ("old, ancient") and -molpus (from Eumolpus). The specific name, Latin for hairy, refers to the pubescent dorsum of the species.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nadein, Konstantin S.; Perkovsky, Evgeny E.; Moseyko, Alexey G. (2015). "New Late Eocene Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from Baltic, Rovno and Danish ambers". Papers in Palaeontology 2 (1): 117–137. doi:10.1002/spp2.1034. 

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