Biology:Cheiridea

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Short description: Genus of leaf beetles from Africa

Cheiridea
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Typophorini
Genus: Cheiridea
Baly, 1878[1]
Species:
C. chapuisi
Binomial name
Cheiridea chapuisi
Baly, 1878[1]
Synonyms
Genus
  • Chiridea
Species
  • Chiridea chapuisi

Cheiridea is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae.[2] It contains only one species, Cheiridea chapuisi, found in Sierra Leone.[3] It was first described by Joseph Sugar Baly in 1878.

"Chiridea" is an alternative spelling of the genus name sometimes used; it is a Latinized version of the name "Cheiridea" created by Kuntzen in 1912, who considered the original name to be not Latinized.[4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q55476521 entry