Gressittana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Typophorini
Genus: Gressittana
Medvedev, 2009[1]
Species:
G. sculpturata
Binomial name
Gressittana sculpturata
(Gressitt, 1967)
Synonyms

Rhyparida sculpturata Gressitt, 1967[2]

Gressittana is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It contains only one species, Gressittana sculpturata, which was originally placed in Rhyparida. The genus is endemic to New Guinea, and is named after Judson Linsley Gressitt.[1]

References

  1. 1 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.
  2. Gressitt, J. L. (1967). "Chrysomelid beetles from the Papuan subregion, 5 (Eumolpinae, 3)" (PDF). Pacific Insects. 9 (3): 551–562.


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