Biology:Pseudolepis

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Short description: Genus of leaf beetle from Malaysia

Pseudolepis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Bromiini
Genus: Pseudolepis
Medvedev & Zoia, 2001[1]
Species:
P. squamosa
Binomial name
Pseudolepis squamosa
Medvedev & Zoia, 2001[1]

Pseudolepis is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae, found in Peninsular Malaysia in the vicinity of Kuala Lumpur. It contains only one species, Pseudolepis squamosa.[1][2]

The generic name refers to the genus Aulacolepis, which Pseudolepis is related to. The specific name is the Latin for "scaly", referring to the scales covering the dorsum of the body.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Medvedev, L.; Zoia, S. (2001). "A contribution to the knowledge of the oriental Chrysomelidae: two new species of Eumolpinae with description of a new genus (Coleoptera)". Bollettino di Zoologia Agraria e Bachicoltura. II 33 (1): 1–8. http://www.chrysomelidae.it/Chrysomelidae/pubblicazioni-pdf-scaricabili/MedvedevZoia%202001.pdf. 
  2. Mohamedsaid, M. S. (2004). Catalogue of the Malaysian Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). Pensoft Series Faunistica. 36. Sofia: Pensoft Publishers. pp. 1–239. ISBN 9546422010. 

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