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Lucignolo capensis

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Lucignolo capensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Euryopini
Genus: Lucignolo
Zoia, 2010[2]
Species:
L. capensis
Binomial name
Lucignolo capensis
(Lefèvre, 1890)[1]
Synonyms

Trichostola capensis Lefèvre, 1890

Lucignolo capensis is a species of leaf beetle endemic to South Africa, and the only member of the genus Lucignolo.[3] It was first described by Édouard Lefèvre in 1890 as a species of the genus Trichostola. It was later found to be closely related to Odontionopa, and was placed in its own genus by Stefano Zoia in 2010.[2]

The genus is named after Lucignolo (or "Candlewick"), a character from Carlo Collodi's The Adventures of Pinocchio. This name refers to the shiny, delicate body of L. capensis. [2]

References

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  1. ^ Lefèvre, E. (1889). "Description of new species of South African Eumolpidae". Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 6 (1): 39–43. doi:10.1080/21560382.1889.9526253.
  2. ^ a b c Zoia, S. (2010). "New data on African Eumolpinae from the collections of the Naturhistorisches Museum in Basel (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Entomologica Basiliensia et Collectionis Frey. 32: 323–341.
  3. ^ "Lucignolo". African Eumolpinae site. Retrieved 5 May 2018.