Cornuventer
| Cornuventer | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Tribe: | Luperini |
| Subtribe: | Luperina |
| Genus: | Cornuventer Viswajyothi & Clark, 2022 |
| Species: | C. tuberculatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Cornuventer tuberculatus (Blake, 1942)
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Cornuventer is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Cornuventer tuberculatus, which is found in California.
Etymology
The name of the genus is Latin for horn belly and refers to the abdominal appendages of the male.[1]
References
- ^ Part of this text is from “New World genera of Galerucinae Latreille, 1802 (tribes Galerucini Latreille, 1802, Metacyclini Chapuis, 1875, and Luperini Gistel, 1848): an annotated list and identification key (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)” by Keezhpattillam Viswajyothi, Shwan M. Clark. This article is licensed under the [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC BY 4.0 license