Aoriopsis

Aoriopsis; Temporal range: Ypresian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Clade:	Euarthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Eumolpinae
Tribe:	Adoxini
Genus:	†Aoriopsis; Moseyko et al, 2010[1]
Species:	†A. eocenicus
Binomial name
	Aoriopsis eocenicus; Moseyko et al, 2010[1]

Aoriopsis is an extinct genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It contains only one species, Aoriopsis eocenicus. It is known from lowermost Eocene amber from France.

The generic name is a combination of the generic name Aoria and the Greek root opsis (appearance, countenance, face). The specific name comes from "Eocene", the geological epoch the genus lived in.^[1]

References

1 2 3 Moseyko, Alexey G.; Kirejtshuk, Alexander G.; Nel, Andre (2010). "New genera and new species of leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Polyphaga: Chrysomelidae) from Lowermost Eocene French amber". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (nouvelle série). 46 (1–2): 116–123. doi:10.1080/00379271.2010.10697645.

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[Moseyko2010-1] 1 2 3 Moseyko, Alexey G.; Kirejtshuk, Alexander G.; Nel, Andre (2010). "New genera and new species of leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Polyphaga: Chrysomelidae) from Lowermost Eocene French amber". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (nouvelle série). 46 (1–2): 116–123. doi:10.1080/00379271.2010.10697645.