Janbechynea is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Orsodacnidae. There are at least 12 described species in Janbechynea, found in North America.[1][2][3] The genus is named after the Czech entomologist Jan Bechyně.
| Janbechynea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Orsodacnidae |
| Subfamily: | Aulacoscelidinae |
| Genus: | Janbechynea Monrós, 1953 |
| Type species | |
| Janbechynea paradoxa Monrós, 1953
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Species edit
These 12 species belong to the genus Janbechynea:
Subgenus Janbechynea
- Janbechynea elongata (Jacoby, 1888)
- Janbechynea inversosimilis Monrós, 1954
- Janbechynea julioi Santiago-Blay, 2004
- Janbechynea maldonadoi Santiago-Blay, 2004
- Janbechynea paradoxa Monrós, 1953
- Janbechynea snyderae Santiago-Blay, 2004
- Janbechynea woodburyi Santiago-Blay, 2004
Subgenus Bothroscelis Monrós, 1954 (type species: Aulacoscelis fulvipes Jacoby, 1888)
- Janbechynea fulvipes (Jacoby, 1888)
- Janbechynea georgepauljohnringo Santiago-Blay, 2004
- Janbechynea melyroides (Crowson, 1946)
- Janbechynea suzanita Santiago-Blay, 2004
- Janbechynea virkkii Santiago-Blay, 2004
References edit
- ^ "Janbechynea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
- ^ "Janbechynea". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
- ^ "Janbechynea Genus Information". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
- Santiago-Blay, J.A. (2004). "Description of seven new species of Janbechynea (Orsodacnidae or Chrysomelidae, sensu lato) from Mexico: availability of new names and corrections". Entomological News. 115: 108–112. ISSN 0013-872X.
- Monrós, F. (1953). "Aulacoscelinae, eine neue Chrysomeliden-Unter-familie, mit Beschreibung einer neuen bolivianischen Gattung (Col.)". Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey. 4: 19–25.
- Monrós, F. (1954). "Revision of the chrysomelid subfamily Aulacoscelinae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 112 (4): 321–360.
Further reading edit
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26091-7.