Nancita (beetle)
| Nancita | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Galerucinae |
| Tribe: | Luperini |
| Subtribe: | Luperina |
| Genus: | Nancita Allard, 1889[1] |
| Species: | N. alterna
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| Binomial name | |
| Nancita alterna Allard, 1889
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Nancita is a genus of beetles belonging to the leaf beetle family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Galerucinae.[2] The description of the genus by Ernest Allard in 1889 included only one species, Nancita alterna. It was collected by Carl Semper in a location given as "Pulobatu",[3] which other sources place in the Philippines.[4]
Description
Nancita alterna was described in 1889 as having an oval-shaped, generally brownish yellow body. The head and thorax are dark brown as are the tarsi. The thorax is more-or-less square with slightly arched edges. The elytra are oval to oblong. The first half is slightly punctuated, the rest being smooth. The elytra are chestnut brown with a transverse white spot in the middle of each one occupying about a third of it.[3]
References
- ^ Nancita Allard, 1889 . Retrieved through: Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera on 2025-08-26.
- ^ Nie, R-E; Bezděk, J.; Yang, X-K (2017). "How many genera and species of Galerucinae s. str. do we know? Updated statistics (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)". ZooKeys (720): 91–102. doi:10.3897/zookeys.720.13517. PMC 5740445. Supplementary material.
- ^ a b Allard, E. (1889). "Description de quelques novelles espèces de Galerucides". Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique (in French). 33: CII–CXVII. Retrieved 2025-08-26. p. CVI.
- ^ Gorham, Henry S. (1883). "Descriptions of new species of Beetles belonging to the family Erotylidae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1): 75–86. Retrieved 2025-08-27. p. 76.