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Cyno mordicans

Cyno mordicans is a species of leaf beetle endemic to South Africa, and the only member of the genus Cyno. It was first described by the English entomologist Thomas Ansell Marshall in 1865.

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Cyno mordicans
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Bromiini
Genus: Cyno
Marshall, 18651
Species:
C. mordicans
Binomial name
Cyno mordicans
Marshall, 18651

Cyno mordicans is a species of leaf beetle endemic to South Africa, and the only member of the genus Cyno.23 It was first described by the English entomologist Thomas Ansell Marshall in 1865.1

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References

  1. Marshall, T. A. (1865). "Eumolpidarum Species novae". The Journal of Entomology. 2: 347–352.
  2. "Cyno". African Eumolpinae site. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  3. "African Eumolpinae checklist: South Africa". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved July 21, 2018.