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Genus Eumolpus

Eumolpus robustus (Horn) - Eumolpus robustus - male

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 Eumolpinae

Tribe Eumolpini

Genus Eumolpus

Explanation of Names

Eumolpus Weber 1801

In Greek mythology, Eumolpus was the son of Poseidon and Chione

Numbers

A single species in our area, ~40 spp. total(1)

Size

the largest members of the subfamily(1)

Range

neotropical group with one old record in AZ(1)

Remarks

member of the section Eumolpites

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 4 August, 2012 - 8:06pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 1 March, 2015 - 10:36pm

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