Brachypterodina

Brachypterodina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Eumolpinae
Genus:	Brachypterodina; Flowers, 2004[1]
Type species
	Brachypterodina morae; Flowers, 2004[1]

Brachypterodina is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is found in Costa Rica. The generic name is said to be derived from the Greek brachy (meaning "short") and ptero (meaning "wing"), referring to the reduced or absent hind wings of species in the genus.[1] The proper word for "wing" in ancient Greek is however pteron (πτερόν).[2] It is similar in appearance to Apterodina.[1]

Species

Brachypterodina gonzalezi Flowers, 2004[1]
Brachypterodina morae Flowers, 2004[1]

References

Flowers, R. Wills (2004). "New flightless Eumolpinae of the genera Apterodina Bechyné and Brachypterodina n. gen. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from the Neotropics" (PDF). Zootaxa. 549 (1): 1–18. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.549.1.1.
Liddell, H.G. & Scott, R. (1940). A Greek-English Lexicon. Revised and augmented throughout by Sir Henry Stuart Jones with the assistance of Roderick McKenzie. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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[Flowers2004-1] Flowers, R. Wills (2004). "New flightless Eumolpinae of the genera Apterodina Bechyné and Brachypterodina n. gen. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from the Neotropics" (PDF). Zootaxa. 549 (1): 1–18. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.549.1.1.

[Liddell_&_Scott-2] Liddell, H.G. & Scott, R. (1940). A Greek-English Lexicon. Revised and augmented throughout by Sir Henry Stuart Jones with the assistance of Roderick McKenzie. Oxford: Clarendon Press.