Species Erynephala texana

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Erynephala texana (Schaeffer) - Erynephala texana

Beetle at West Lake (Everglades National Park) - Erynephala texana

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)

Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Subfamily Galerucinae (Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles)

Tribe Galerucini

No Taxon (Section Schematizites)

Genus Erynephala

Species texana (Erynephala texana)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Erynephala texana (Schaeffer) stat. nov. - restored as valid species, removed from synonymy with maritima (1)

Orig. Comb: Monoxia puncticollis texana Schaeffer, 1932

Range

Gulf Coast / Mex. / W. Indies (2)(E.G. Riley, pers. comm. to MAQ, 2023)

Remarks

Erynephala was revised recently (Groll, et al. 2021)(1). Our specimens from the Texas coast are now E. texana (Schaeffer). This name was restored as valid species, removed from synonymy with maritima. Erynephala maritima does not officially occur in Texas anymore (upper Atlantic coast only). (E.G. Riley, pers. comm. to MAQ, 2023)

Print References

Groll E.von, Moura L.de.A. & Carvalho G.S. 2022. Revision, morphometry and cladistics of Erynephala (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Galerucini). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 296: 1-32. (1)

Schaeffer, C. 1932. Notes on some Galerucinae with desctriptions of new species (Col., Chrysomelidae). The Canadian Entomologist 64: 236-239.

Internet References

Type Series

Type Info - Smithsomian

Works Cited

1.	Revision, morphometry and cladistics of Erynephala (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Galerucini). Groll E.von, Moura L.de.A. & Carvalho G.S. 2022.

2.	Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 14 March, 2023 - 12:46pm
Last updated 14 March, 2023 - 2:03pm

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