Balyana maritima
| Balyana maritima | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Balyana |
| Species: | B. maritima
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| Binomial name | |
| Balyana maritima Berti, 1987[1]
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Balyana maritima is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Madagascar.
Description
Adults reach a length of about 7 mm (males) and 8.3 mm (females). The pronotum, elytron, forelegs and clypeus are yellow, while the head, antennae, scutellum, pro-, meso- and metasternum, abdomen, as well as the middle and hind legs are black.
Biology
The food plant is unknown.[2]
Taxonomy
The species was already identified and names by Ghesquière in 1950, but this description was never published.[3]
References
- ^ Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ^ Staines, C. L. (2015). "Tribe Coelaenomenoderini" (PDF). Catalog of the Hispines of the World (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Retrieved 18 September 2025.
- ^ Berti, N.; Desmier de Chenon, R. (1987). "Le genre Balyana Péringuey. Taxonomie et données biologiques (Col. Chrysomelidae Hispinae)". Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France. 92 (3–4): 79–102. Retrieved September 18, 2025.