Taumacera is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Galerucinae. It contains about 70 species distributed in the Oriental realm. About 20 African species are also classified in Taumacera, but they may actually belong in a different genus.[1]

Taumacera
Taumacera musaamani
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Galerucinae
Tribe: Luperini
Genus: Taumacera
Thunberg, 1814
Type species
Taumacera deusta
Thunberg, 1814
Synonyms[1]
  • Xenarthra Baly, 1861
  • Doridea Baly, 1864
  • Platyxantha Baly, 1864
  • Thaumacera Gemminger & Harold, 1876
    (unjustified emendation)
  • Acroxena Baly, 1879
  • Neocharis Jacoby, 1881 (nec Sharp, 1877)
  • Metellus Jacoby, 1886
  • Nacrea Baly, 1886
  • Neochrolea Jacoby, 1887
  • Paraenidea Laboissière, 1933
  • Platyxanthoides Laboissière, 1933
  • Kinabalua Mohamedsaid, 1997

Species

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Species included in the genus (not including those from Africa), as of 2019:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Bezděk, J. (2019). "Taumacera revisited, with new synonyms, new combinations and a revised catalogue of the species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae)" (PDF). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 59 (1): 23–52. doi:10.2478/aemnp-2019-0003.