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Stygnobia

Stygnobia is a genus of leaf beetles found in the Samoan Islands and Fiji. It is a member of the subfamily Eumolpinae.

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Stygnobia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Typophorini
Genus: Stygnobia
Weise, 19221
Type species
Stygnobia cauta
Weise, 1922

Stygnobia is a genus of leaf beetles found in the Samoan Islands and Fiji. It is a member of the subfamily Eumolpinae.

Species

The genus contains 13 species:2345

  • Stygnobia aenescens Maulik, 1929Tutuila
  • Stygnobia albiseta Gressitt, 1957 – Central Fiji
  • Stygnobia cauta Weise, 1922Upolu, Tutuila, Savaiʻi, Manuʻa Islands (Taʻū)
  • Stygnobia elliptica Gressitt, 1957 – Viti Levu
  • Stygnobia evansi (Bryant, 1942) – Viti Levu, Ovalau, Taveuni
  • Stygnobia leveri (Bryant, 1942) – Viti Levu, Ovalau, Vanua Levu, Taveuni
  • Stygnobia metallica Bryant, 1946 – Ovalau, Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, Taveuni
  • Stygnobia minuta Maulik, 1929 – Upolu, Tutuila
  • Stygnobia nandarivatu Gressitt, 1957 – Viti Levu
  • Stygnobia oconnori Gressitt, 1957 – Ovalau, Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, Lau
  • Stygnobia ovalaua Gressitt, 1957 – Ovalau, Moala, Viti Levu
  • Stygnobia variabilis Maulik, 1929 – Upolu, Tutuila, Savaiʻi
  • Stygnobia vermiculicollis Gressitt, 1957 – Upolu
References

References

  1. Friederichs, K. (1922). "Die von Dr. K. Friederichs in Samoa und Indochina gesammelten Käfer". Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Abteilung A. 88 (10): 147–159.
  2. Maulik, S (1929). "Chrysomelidae; with a note on the comparative anatomy of some Halticine tibiae". Insects of Samoa. 4 (3): 177–215.
  3. Gressitt, J.L. (1957). "Chrysomelidae of Samoa (Coleoptera)". Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society. 16 (2): 241–258. hdl:10125/14901.
  4. Bryant, G. E.; Gressitt, J. L. (1957). "Chrysomelidae of Fiji (Coleoptera)". Pacific Science. 11 (1): 2–91. hdl:10125/8611.
  5. Evenhuis, Neal L. (2013). "Fiji Coleoptera Checklist". hbs.bishopmuseum.org. Retrieved 29 November 2021.