Prionoderita

Prionoderita
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Clade:	Euarthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Eumolpinae
Genus:	Prionoderita; Flowers, 2004[1]
Species:	P. nixa
Binomial name
	Prionoderita nixa; (Bechyné, 1953)[2]
Synonyms
	Prionodera nixa Bechyné, 1953

Prionoderita is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known from Bolivia, and contains only one species, Prionoderita nixa. The genus is named for its resemblance to Prionodera; the Spanish deminutive suffix -ita refers to the small size of P. nixa.^[1]

References

1 2 Flowers, R.W. (2004). "A review of the Neotropical genus Prionodera Chevrolat (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae) with description of a new genus". Zootaxa. 631: 1–54. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.631.1.1.
↑ Bechyné, J. (1953). "Katalog der neotropischen Eumolpiden (Col. Phytoph. Chrysomeloidea)". Entomologische Arbeiten Museum Frey (in German). 4: 26–303.

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[Flowers2004-1] 1 2 Flowers, R.W. (2004). "A review of the Neotropical genus Prionodera Chevrolat (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae) with description of a new genus". Zootaxa. 631: 1–54. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.631.1.1.

[Bechyné1953-2] Bechyné, J. (1953). "Katalog der neotropischen Eumolpiden (Col. Phytoph. Chrysomeloidea)". Entomologische Arbeiten Museum Frey (in German). 4: 26–303.