Gaberella

Gaberella is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae, found in Africa.[3] It contains only one species, Gaberella costata, found in Sudan, Uganda, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo,[4] Cameroon, Bioko and Ivory Coast.[5] This species was first described by Joseph Sugar Baly in 1878, and was originally placed in Menius.[1]

Gaberella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Typophorini
Genus: Gaberella
Selman, 1965[1]
Species:
G. costata
Binomial name
Gaberella costata
(Baly, 1878)[2]
Synonyms[1]
  • Menius costatus Baly, 1878
  • Rhembastus sjoestedti Jacoby, 1903

References
  1. Selman, B. J. (1965). "A revision of the Nodini and a key to the genera of Eumolpidae of Africa (Coleoptera: Eumolpidae)" (PDF). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 16 (3): 141–174. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.21864.
  2. Baly, J. S. (1878). "Diagnosis of a new genus and some undescribed species of African Phytophaga". The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 14: 177–179. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.22827.
  3. "Gaberella". African Eumolpinae site. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  4. "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  5. Selman, B. J. (1973). "Coleoptera from North-East Africa. Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae. (Zoological contribution from the Finnish expeditions to the Sudan No. 34)". Notulae Entomologicae. 53 (4): 159–166.


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