Trachyelytron
| Trachyelytron | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Galerucinae |
| Tribe: | Luperini |
| Subtribe: | Diabroticina |
| Genus: | Trachyelytron Viswajyothi & Clark, 2022 |
| Species: | T. smaragdipennis
|
| Binomial name | |
| Trachyelytron smaragdipennis (Jacoby, 1888)
| |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Trachyelytron is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There is one described species in Trachyelytron, Trachyelytron smaragdipennis, which is found in Guatemala. Specimens from Nicaragua probably belong to the same species, although the elytra are metallic purple, rather than metallic green.
Etymology
The genus name is Greek for rough sheath, and it refers to the coarsely punctate elytra.[1]
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