Gaberella

Gaberella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Eumolpinae
Tribe:	Typophorini
Genus:	Gaberella; Selman, 1965
Species:	G. costata
Binomial name
	Gaberella costata; (Baly, 1878)
Synonyms
	Menius costatus Baly, 1878; Rhembastus sjoestedti Jacoby, 1903;

Gaberella is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae, found in Africa.³ It contains only one species, Gaberella costata, which was first described by Joseph Sugar Baly in 1878 and was originally placed in the genus Menius.²

Description

G. costata has a very rounded body, which is 3 millimetres (0.12 in) in length. The head is deeply inserted into the thorax, and both the head and prothorax are turned strongly downwards.² The front legs of the males have a highly enlarged first tarsomere (segment of the tarsus).⁴

Distribution

G. costata is recorded from Bioko Island, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan and Uganda.⁵⁴

References

Baly, J. S. (1878). "Diagnosis of a new genus and some undescribed species of African Phytophaga". The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 14: 177–179. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.22827.
Selman, B. J. (1965). "A revision of the Nodini and a key to the genera of Eumolpidae of Africa (Coleoptera: Eumolpidae)" (PDF). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 16 (3): 141–174. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.21864.
"Gaberella". African Eumolpinae site. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
Zoia, S. (2017). "The Eumolpinae of São Thomé, Príncipe & Bioko Islands from the collections of the Museo civico di Storia naturale "G. Doria", Genoa (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova. 110: 325–398.
Selman, B. J. (1973). "Coleoptera from North-East Africa. Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae. (Zoological contribution from the Finnish expeditions to the Sudan No. 34)". Notulae Entomologicae. 53 (4): 159–166.

[Baly1878-1] Baly, J. S. (1878). "Diagnosis of a new genus and some undescribed species of African Phytophaga". The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 14: 177–179. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.22827.

[Selman1965-2] Selman, B. J. (1965). "A revision of the Nodini and a key to the genera of Eumolpidae of Africa (Coleoptera: Eumolpidae)" (PDF). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 16 (3): 141–174. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.21864.

[3] "Gaberella". African Eumolpinae site. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

[Zoia2017-4] Zoia, S. (2017). "The Eumolpinae of São Thomé, Príncipe & Bioko Islands from the collections of the Museo civico di Storia naturale "G. Doria", Genoa (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova. 110: 325–398.

[Selman1973-5] Selman, B. J. (1973). "Coleoptera from North-East Africa. Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae. (Zoological contribution from the Finnish expeditions to the Sudan No. 34)". Notulae Entomologicae. 53 (4): 159–166.

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