Tyrannomolpus

Tyrannomolpus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Coleoptera
Family:Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:Eumolpinae
Tribe:Eumolpini
Genus:Tyrannomolpus
Nadein & Leschen, 2017[1]
Species: T. rex
Binomial name
Tyrannomolpus rex
Nadein & Leschen, 2017[1]

Tyrannomolpus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known only from Three Kings Islands, New Zealand. It contains only one species, Tyrannomolpus rex. T. rex is the largest chrysomelid beetle species endemic to New Zealand. Tyrannomolpus is closest to the genus Pilacolaspis from the mainland of New Zealand.[1]

The generic name is a combination of the dinosaur genus name Tyrannosaurus and the suffix "molpus", referring to the relative large size of the genus to other chrysomelids endemic to New Zealand. The specific name, rex, is the Latin for "king", referring to the only known location of the genus, Three Kings Islands.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Nadein, Konstantin S.; Leschen, Richard A. B. (2017). "A new genus of leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) from Three Kings Islands, New Zealand". Zootaxa. 4294 (2): 271–280. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4294.2.9.


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