Gonaives buenae
| Gonaives buenae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Gonaives |
| Species: | G. buenae
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| Binomial name | |
| Gonaives buenae Clark, 1987
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Gonaives buenae is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found on Haiti.[1]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 3.9–5.1 mm. The pronotum is testaceous with two dark spots and the elytron is dark brown with a pale stripe and margin.
Etymology
The species is named in honour of Mrs. Buena Valentine who together with her husband, Dr. Barry Valentine, collected the type series of this species.[2]
References
- ^ Part of this text is from “New World genera of Galerucinae Latreille, 1802 (tribes Galerucini Latreille, 1802, Metacyclini Chapuis, 1875, and Luperini Gistel, 1848): an annotated list and identification key (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)” by Keezhpattillam Viswajyothi, Shwan M. Clark. This article is licensed under the [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC BY 4.0 license
- ^ Clark, S.M. 1987. An Unusual New Genus and Species of Galerucine Beetle from Haiti (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 41(2): 167–170.