Iviva

Iviva
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Eumolpinae
Tribe:	Typophorini
Genus:	Iviva; Gressitt, 1969
Type species
	Iviva coccinelloides; Gressitt, 1969

Iviva is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae, distributed in New Guinea. It differs from most genera in the subfamily by its elytra, the sides of which are strongly expanded sideways and extend far beyond the elytral margins except near the apex. Because of the shape and the rigid appearance of the elytra as well as their reduced humeri (shoulders of elytra), it is likely flightless. The genus is named after the type locality of the type species, Lake Iviva (Sirunki), in the Enga province of Papua New Guinea.¹

Species

Iviva antennata Medvedev, 2009² – Papua New Guinea (Morobe)
Iviva coccinelloides Gressitt, 1969¹ – Papua New Guinea (Enga, South Highlands)
Iviva diversipunctata Medvedev, 2009² – Western New Guinea: Highland Papua (Jayawijaya)
Iviva striata Medvedev, 2009² – Western New Guinea: Highland Papua (Jayawijaya)

References

Gressitt, J. L. (1969). "Chrysomelid beetles from the Papuan subregion, 6 (Eumolpinae, 4)" (PDF). Pacific Insects. 11 (1): 1–31.
Medvedev, Lev N. (2009). "New genera and species of Zeugophorinae and Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from New Guinea" (PDF). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A, Neue Serie. 2: 371–408. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-30. Retrieved 2018-08-02.

[Gressitt1969-1] Gressitt, J. L. (1969). "Chrysomelid beetles from the Papuan subregion, 6 (Eumolpinae, 4)" (PDF). Pacific Insects. 11 (1): 1–31.

[Medvedev2009-2] Medvedev, Lev N. (2009). "New genera and species of Zeugophorinae and Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from New Guinea" (PDF). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A, Neue Serie. 2: 371–408. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-30. Retrieved 2018-08-02.

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