Brachypterodina

Brachypterodina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Coleoptera
Family:Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:Eumolpinae
Genus:Brachypterodina
Flowers, 2004[1]
Type species
Brachypterodina morae
Flowers, 2004[1]

Brachypterodina is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is found in Costa Rica. The generic name comes from the Greek words Brachy (meaning "short") and ptero (meaning "wing"), referring to the reduced or absent hind wings of species in the genus. It is similar in appearance to Apterodina.[1]

Species

  • Brachypterodina gonzalezi Flowers, 2004[1]
  • Brachypterodina morae Flowers, 2004[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Flowers, R. Wills (2004). "New flightless Eumolpinae of the genera Apterodina Bechyn and Brachypterodina n. gen. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from the Neotropics" (PDF). Zootaxa. 549 (1): 1–18. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.549.1.1.


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