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Eurypelta

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Eurypelta
Eurypelta modesta, Sri Lanka
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Bromiini
Genus: Eurypelta
Lefèvre, 1885[1]
Type species
Euraspis vittatus
(= Chrysomela modesta Fabricius, 1792)
Chapuis, 1874
Synonyms

Euraspis Chapuis, 1874
(nec Blanchard, 1851)
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Eurypelta is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known from India.[3]

The genus was originally named Euraspis by Félicien Chapuis in 1874. However, the name was determined to be a spelling error of Euryaspis, which was preoccupied by the beetle genus Euryaspis Blanchard, 1851, so Chapuis's genus was renamed to Eurypelta by Édouard Lefèvre in 1885.[1]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ a b Lefèvre, É. (1885). "Eumolpidarum hucusque cognitarum catalogus, sectionum conspectu systematico, generum sicut et specierum nonnullarum novarum descriptionibus adjunctis". Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège. 2. 11 (16): 1–172.
  2. ^ Chapuis, F. (1874). "Tome dixième. Famille des phytophages". In Lacordaire, J.T.; Chapuis, F. (eds.). Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Genera des coléoptères. Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. pp. i–iv, 1–455.
  3. ^ Jacoby, M. (1908). Bingham, C. T. (ed.). Coleoptera. Chrysomelidae. Vol. 1. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. London: Taylor & Francis.
  4. ^ Medvedev, L.N. (2018). "New taxa of Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) from South India" (PDF). Caucasian Entomological Bulletin. 14 (2): 249–251. doi:10.23885/181433262018142-249251.