Selmania is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae, found in Africa.[3] Most of the species in the genus were originally placed in Rhembastus.[2]
| Selmania | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Eumolpinae |
| Tribe: | Typophorini |
| Genus: | Selmania Zoia, 2019[1] |
| Type species | |
| Rhembastus colasposomoides Burgeon, 1941
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| Synonyms | |
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Massartia Selman, 1965 (nec Conrad, 1926, nec Schouteden, 1952)[2] | |
The genus was originally named Massartia by Brian John Selman in 1965, but it was later found that the name had already been used for a dinoflagellate and a hemipteran. Because of this, Stefano Zoia renamed the genus to Selmania in 2019.[1]
Species
editEight species are included in the genus:[1]
- Selmania albertiana (Burgeon, 1941)
- Selmania colasposomoides (Burgeon, 1941)
- Selmania hartmanni Zoia, 2019
- Selmania irregularis (Jacoby, 1900)[4]
- Selmania minima (Burgeon, 1942)[5]
- Selmania nigrita (Selman, 1972)[6]
- Selmania schoutedeni (Burgeon, 1941)
- Selmania sprecherae (Zoia, 2010)[7]
References
edit- ^ a b c Zoia, S (2019). "New data on African Eumolpinae with description of new taxa from the collections of the Natural History Museum of Erfurt (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Vernate. 38: 305–333.
- ^ a b Selman, B. J. (1965). "A revision of the Nodini and a key to the genera of Eumolpidae of Africa (Coleoptera: Eumolpidae)" (PDF). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 16 (3): 141–174. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.21864.
- ^ "Selmania". African Eumolpinae site. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ Jacoby, M. (1900). "On new genera and species of Phytophagous Coleoptera from South and Central Africa". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1900: 203–266.
- ^ Burgeon, L. (1942). "Chrysomelidae - S. Fam. Eumolpinae" (PDF). Exploration du Parc National Albert - Exploratie van het Nationaal Albert Park - Mission/Zending G.F. De Witte (1933-1935). 37: 3–31.
- ^ Selman, B. J. (1972). "Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Exploration Parc National de la Garamba. Mission H. De Saeger. 55: 1–95.
- ^ Zoia, S. (2010). "New data on African Eumolpinae from the collections of the Naturhistorisches Museum in Basel (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Entomologica Basiliensia et Collectionis Frey. 32: 323–341.