Monrosiella

Monrosiella is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. They are known from South America.[2]

Monrosiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Genus: Monrosiella
Bechyné, 1945[1]
Type species
Argoa mucronata
Jacoby, 1900

The genus is named in honor of Argentinian entomologist Francisco Monrós.[1]

Species

  • Monrosiella freyi Würmli, 1975[3]
  • Monrosiella mucronata (Jacoby, 1900)[4]

References

  1. Bechyné, J. (1945). "Additamenta ad cognitionem Eumolpidarum Netropicarum (Col. Chrysomeloidea)" (PDF). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 23 (306): 167–172.
  2. Bechyné, J. (1953). "Katalog der neotropischen Eumolpiden (Col. Phytoph. Chrysomeloidea)". Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey (in German). 4: 26–303.
  3. Würmli, M. (1975). "Eine neue Art der Gattung Monrosiella Bechyně, 1945 (Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae)" (PDF). Entomologische Arbeiten Museum G. Frey. 26: 319–320.
  4. Jacoby, M. (1900). "Descriptions of New Species and a New Genus of South American Eumolpidæ, with Remarks on some of the Genera". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 48 (4): 453–510. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1900.tb02719.x.


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