Biology:Paleomolpus
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Short description: Extinct genus of leaf beetles
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Eumolpinae |
| Tribe: | Eumolpini |
| Genus: | †Paleomolpus Nadein, 2015[1] |
| Species: | †P. hirtus
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| †Paleomolpus hirtus Nadein, 2015[1]
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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
- ↑ 1.0 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q55628452 entry
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