Megarhabda
| Megarhabda | |
|---|---|
| Undescribed Megarhabda species | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Galerucinae |
| Tribe: | Galerucini |
| Genus: | Megarhabda Viswajyothi & Clark, 2022 |
Megarhabda is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae.
Diagnosis
This genus is quite different from Trirhabda (the genus in which the single named species of Megarhabda was previously placed). Among other things, the pronotum of Megarhabdais is very short (about 2.5 times as broad as long). In this respect, the new genus is similar to Derospidea, but differs in the larger pronotal depressions and the more broadly explanate lateral pronotal margins
Etymology
The genus name suggests a relationship to Trirhabda, but with unusually large size.
Species
- Megarhabda obscurovittata (Jacoby, 1886) - Guatemala to Panama
The genus also includes an undescribed species from Guatemala and Mexico.[1]
References
- ^ Part of this text is from “[https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1945/7851 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 incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.