Biology:Pygomolpus

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Short description: Genus of leaf beetles from South America

Pygomolpus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Pygomolpini
Bechyné, 1949[1]
Genus: Pygomolpus
Bechyné, 1949[1]
Species:
P. opacus
Binomial name
Pygomolpus opacus
Bechyné, 1949[1]

Pygomolpus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It contains only one species, Pygomolpus opacus, and is the only member of the tribe Pygomolpini. It was described by the Czech entomologist Jan Bechyné in 1949. It is found in Brazil , Paraguay and Argentina .[2]

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