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Genus of beetles

Lachnaia
Lachnaia trisignata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Cryptocephalinae
Tribe: Clytrini
Genus: Lachnaia
Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836

Lachnaia is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Cryptocephalinae, tribe Clytrini. Multiple species in this genus are known to be myrmecophiles, such as the larvae of L. italica.

Species

References

  1. Agrain, Federico; Buffington, Matthew; Chaboo, Caroline; Chamorro, Maria; Schöller, Matthias (2015-12-17). "Leaf beetles are ant-nest beetles: the curious life of the juvenile stages of case-bearers (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae)". ZooKeys (547). Pensoft Publishers: 133–164. doi:10.3897/zookeys.547.6098. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 4714338. PMID 26798319.
Taxon identifiers
Lachnaia


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