Gaberella

Gaberella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Coleoptera
Family:Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:Eumolpinae
Tribe:Nodinini
Genus:Gaberella
Selman, 1965[1]
Species: G. costata
Binomial name
Gaberella costata
(Baly, 1878)[2]
Synonyms[1]
  • Menius costatus Baly, 1878
  • Menius sjoestedt Jacoby, 1903

Gaberella is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae, found in Africa.[3] It contains only one species, Gaberella costata, found in Sudan, Uganda, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo,[4] Cameroon, Bioko and Ivory Coast. This species was first described by Joseph Sugar Baly in 1878, and was originally placed in Menius.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Selman, B. J. (1965). "A revision of the Nodini and a key to the genera of Eumolpidae of Africa (Coleoptera: Eumolpidae)" (PDF). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 16 (3): 141–174.
  2. ↑ Baly, J. S. (1877). "Diagnosis of a new genus and some undescribed species of African Phytophaga". The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 14: 177–179.
  3. ↑ "Gaberella". African Eumolpinae site. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved November 20, 2015.


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