Biology:Pygomolpus
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Short description: Genus of leaf beetles from South America
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Scientific classification 
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| 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
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| Binomial name | |
| Pygomolpus opacus Bechyné, 1949[1]
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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]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bechyné, J. (1949). "Liste provisoire des Eumolpides de la Republique Argentine et observations diverses sur les Eumolpides de l'Amerique du Sud (Col., Chrysomeloidea)". Acta Zoologica Lilloana 8: 457–535. http://chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/sites/chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/files/1949_Separata_54.pdf.
- ↑ Bechyné, J. (1953). "Katalog der neotropischen Eumolpiden (Col. Phytoph. Chrysomeloidea)" (in German). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey 4: 26–303. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49645311.
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