Aulexis nigripennis

Aulexis nigripennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Aulexis
Species:
A. nigripennis
Binomial name
Aulexis nigripennis
Jacoby, 1908

Aulexis nigripennis is a species of beetle in the leaf beetle family (Chrysomelidae), distributed in Myanmar and Nepal. The scientific name of the species was published in 1908 by Martin Jacoby, who described it from Thandaung in Tenasserim.[1][2][3]

Description

It is fulvous; the terminal joints of the antennae are black; dorsally, it is clothed with short grey pubescence; the elytra are black.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Jacoby, M. (1908). Bingham, C. T. (ed.). Coleoptera. Chrysomelidae. Vol. 1. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. London: Taylor & Francis. p. 411.
  2. ^ Clavareau, H. (1914). "Chrysomelidae: 11. Eumolpinae". In Junk, W.; Schenkling, S. (eds.). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 59. Berlin: W. Junk. p. 74.
  3. ^ Kimoto, S. (2005). "Systematic catalog of the Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) from Nepal and Burma". Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History, Series A (Natural History). 3: 13–114. doi:10.34522/kmnh.3.0_13.