Cryocolaspis
Cryocolaspis is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It contains only one species, Cryocolaspis crinita. The genus is known from the mountains of central Costa Rica.
| Cryocolaspis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Eumolpinae |
| Tribe: | Bromiini |
| Genus: | Cryocolaspis Flowers, 2004[1] |
| Species: | C. crinita |
| Binomial name | |
| Cryocolaspis crinita Flowers, 2004[1] | |
The generic name is said to be a combination of the Greek word cryo (meaning cold) and the eumolpine generic name Colaspis. The specific name, crinita, is the Latin word for hairy.[1] In ancient Greek kryos (κρὐος) is a noun, meaning "icy cold" or "frost".[2]
References
- Flowers, R. Wills (2004). "Cryocolaspis, a New Genus and Species of Eumolpinae (Chrysomelidae) from Costa Rica". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 58 (1): 97–101. doi:10.1649/607. JSTOR 4009896.
- Liddell, H.G. & Scott, R. (1940). A Greek-English Lexicon. Revised and augmented throughout by Sir Henry Stuart Jones with the assistance of Roderick McKenzie.Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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