Phainodina is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in New Guinea, and its name refers to the beetles being shiny and Nodina-shaped.[1]

Phainodina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Typophorini
Genus: Phainodina
Gressitt, 1969[1]
Type species
Rhyparida picta
Baly, 1867[2]

Species edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Gressitt, J. L. (1969). "Chrysomelid beetles from the Papuan subregion, 6 (Eumolpinae, 4)" (PDF). Pacific Insects. 11 (1): 1–31.
  2. ^ a b Baly, J. S. (1867). "Phytophaga Malayana; a revision of the phytophagous beetles of the Malay Archipelago, with descriptions of the new species collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 3. 4: 1–300. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1866.tb01857.x.
  3. ^ a b c Medvedev, Lev N. (2009). "New genera and species of Zeugophorinae and Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from New Guinea" (PDF). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A, Neue Serie. 2: 371–408. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-30. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
  4. ^ Bryant, G. E. (1950). "New species of Chrysomelidæ (Coleoptera) from New Guinea, collected by Miss L. E. Cheesman (contd.)". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 12. 3 (27): 209–219. doi:10.1080/00222935008654708.
  5. ^ a b Medvedev, L. N. (2017). "New leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from New Guinea". In Telnov, D. (ed.). Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea. Vol. 3. Riga: The Entomological Society of Latvia. pp. 419–426. ISBN 9789984976884.