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Genus of leaf beetles from South America

Apterodina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Eumolpini
Genus: Apterodina
Bechyné, 1954
Type species
Apterodina bucki
Bechyné, 1954

Apterodina is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known from Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador. It was first described by the Czech entomologist Jan Bechyné in 1954. All species of the genus have greatly reduced hind wings.

Species

References

  1. ^ Bechyné, J. (1954). "La liste des Eumolpides de Rio Grande do Sul (Brésil) et observations diverses sur les espéces néotropicales" (PDF). Arquivos do Museu Paranaense. 10: 141–226. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2019-01-07. (note: pages 196–199 are missing in the PDF)
  2. Flowers, R. Wills (2009). "A second species of Apterodina (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) from Ecuador" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2131: 65–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2132.1.4. S2CID 4505260.
  3. ^ Flowers, R. Wills (2004). "New flightless Eumolpinae of the genera Apterodina Bechyné and Brachypterodina n. gen. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from the Neotropics" (PDF). Zootaxa. 549 (1): 1–18. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.549.1.1.
  4. Bechyné, J.; Springlová de Bechyné, B. (1964). "Notes sur quelques Chrysomeloidea Néotropicaux (Col. Phytophaga)" (PDF). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia. 11: 117–137. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-01-19. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
Taxon identifiers
Apterodina


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