Pseudimatidium neivai
| Pseudimatidium neivai | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Pseudimatidium |
| Species: | P. neivai
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudimatidium neivai (Bondar, 1940)
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Pseudimatidium neivai is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Brazil (Bahia). There are other records from Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela, but these possibly belong to different Pseudimatidium species.[1]
Life history
The recorded host plants for this species are Cocos botryophora, Cocos nucifera, Areca, Bactris (including Bactris setosa), Licuala and Livistona species, as well as Desmoncus polyacanthus, Elaeis guineensis and Astrocaryum tucumoides.[2]
References
- ^ Sekerka, L. (2014). "Review of Imatidiini genera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)" (PDF). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 54 (1): 257–314. Retrieved September 7, 2025.
- ^ Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Imatidiini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved September 19, 2025.