Habrophorini

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Habrophorini
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Habrophorini
Bechyné & Špringlová de Bechyné, 1969[1]
Genera

Habrophorini is a tribe of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It was first established in 1969 by Czech entomologists Jan Bechyné and Bohumila Špringlová de Bechyné for two genera, Habrophora and Psathyrocerus. They are distributed in the Neotropical realm.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bechyné, J.; Springlová de Bechyné, B. (1969). "La posición sistemática de Megascelis Chevrolat (Col. Phytophaga)" (PDF). Revista de la Facultad de Agronomía (Maracay). 3: 65–76.
  2. ^ Jolivet, Pierre; Lawrence, John F.; Verma, Krishna K.; Ślipiński, Adam (2014). "2.7.3 Eumolpinae C. G. Thomson, 1859". In Leschen, R.A.B.; Beutel, R.G. (eds.). Handbook of Zoology. Arthropoda: Insecta: Coleoptera: Volume 3: Morphology and Systematics (Phytophaga). Berlin - Boston: Walter de Gruyter. pp. 217–225. doi:10.1515/9783110274462.189. ISBN 978-3-11-027370-0.