Gonophorini

Gonophorini
Agonita sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Cassidinae
Tribe: Gonophorini
Chapuis, 1875[1]
Genera

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Synonyms
  • Wallaceites Chapuis, 1877

Gonophorini is a tribe of leaf beetle genera, mostly found in Africa and Asia, within the subfamily Cassidinae.[2] [3]

Genera

BioLib[4] includes:

  1. Agoniella Weise, 1911
  2. Agonita Strand, 1942
  3. Aspidispa Baly, 1869
  4. Downesia Baly, 1858
  5. Gonophora Chevrolat, 1837
  6. Klitispa Uhmann, 1940
  7. Micrispa Gestro, 1897
  8. Monagonia Uhmann, 1931
  9. Wallacispa Uhmann, 1940
  10. Electrolema Schaufuss, 1898 monotypic E. baltica Schaufuss, 1898, described from Baltic amber.

Selected former genera

References

  1. ^ Chapuis F (1875) Tome onzième. Famille des phytophages. In: Lacordaire, JT & Chapuis F (eds) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Genera des coléoptères, ou exposé méthodique et critique de tous les genres proposés jusqu'ici dans cet ordre d'insectes. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 420 pp [303].
  2. ^ Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Gonophorini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
  3. ^ Integrated Taxonomic Information System
  4. ^ BioLib.cz: tribus Gonophorini Chapuis, 1875
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