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Paleomolpus

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Paleomolpus
Temporal range: Late Eocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Eumolpini
Genus: Paleomolpus
Nadein, 2015[1]
Species:
P. hirtus
Binomial name
Paleomolpus hirtus
Nadein, 2015[1]

Paleomolpus is an extinct genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It contains only one species, Paleomolpus hirtus. It is known from late Eocene amber from Denmark. The generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek palaios ("old, ancient") and -molpus (from Eumolpus). The specific name, Latin for hairy, refers to the pubescent dorsum of the species.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Nadein, Konstantin S.; Perkovsky, Evgeny E.; Moseyko, Alexey G. (2015). "New Late Eocene Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from Baltic, Rovno and Danish ambers". Papers in Palaeontology. 2 (1): 117–137. doi:10.1002/spp2.1034. S2CID 86059856.