Keeta
| Keeta | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Eumolpinae |
| Tribe: | Typophorini |
| Genus: | Keeta Maulik, 1931[1] |
| Type species | |
| Keeta aldabrana | |
Keeta is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae.[2][3] It contains two species endemic to the Aldabra atoll in the Seychelles. The genus and both species were described by the Indian entomologist Samarendra Maulik, from specimens collected by the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1908. The generic name comes from the Sanskrit word कीट (kīṭa), meaning "insect".[1]
Species[edit]
- Keeta aldabrana Maulik, 1931[1]
- Keeta fryeri Maulik, 1931[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e Maulik, S. (1931). "Coleoptera, Chrysomelidæ: Eumolpinæ, Galerucinæ and Halticinæ". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 2, Zoology. 19 (2): 241–260. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1931.tb00128.x.
- ^ "Keeta". African Eumolpinae site. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
- ^ Gerlach, Justin (2009). The Coleoptera of the Seychelles islands. Bulgaria: Pensoft Publishers. ISBN 978-954-642-498-3.