Biology:Gaberella

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Short description: Genus of leaf beetles from Africa

Gaberella
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Typophorini
Genus: Gaberella
Selman, 1965[2]
Species:
G. costata
Binomial name
Gaberella costata
(Baly, 1878)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Menius costatus Baly, 1878
  • Rhembastus sjoestedti Jacoby, 1903

Gaberella is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae, found in Africa.[3] It contains only one species, Gaberella costata, found in Sudan, Uganda, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo,[4] Cameroon, Bioko and Ivory Coast.[5][6] This species was first described by Joseph Sugar Baly in 1878, and was originally placed in Menius.[2]

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