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Keitheatus

Keitheatus is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There is one described species in Keitheatus, Keitheatus blakeae. They are found in Texas and Mexico.

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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Tribe: Luperini
Subtribe: Luperina
Genus: Keitheatus
Wilcox, 1965
Species:
K. blakeae
Binomial name
Keitheatus blakeae
(B. White, 1944)
Synonyms
  • Scelolyperus blakeae White, 1944

Keitheatus is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There is one described species in Keitheatus, Keitheatus blakeae. They are found in Texas123 and Mexico.

A second species, Keitheatus histrio from Baja California in Mexico, was originally included in the genus, but was transferred to Pseudoluperus in 2005 and Amplioluperus in 2022.4

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References

  1. "Keitheatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Keitheatus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. Andrews, F.G.; Gilbert, A.J. (2005). "A preliminary annotated checklist and evaluation of the diversity of the Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) of the Baja California peninsula, Mexico". Insecta Mundi. 19 (1–2): 89–116.
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