Ambodiriana (beetle)

Ambodiriana is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It contains only one species, Ambodiriana pimelioides, described by the Czech entomologist Jan Bechyné in 1953. Its type locality is Tamatave, Madagascar.[2] It is apterous.[1]

Ambodiriana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Genus: Ambodiriana
Bechyné, 1953[1]
Species:
A. pimelioides
Binomial name
Ambodiriana pimelioides

References

  1. Bechyné, J. (1953). "Nouveaux Eumolpides de Madagascar" (PDF). Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 22 (9): 230–233. doi:10.3406/linly.1953.7598.
  2. "Ambodiriana". African Eumolpinae site. Retrieved 10 January 2019.


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