Afrocleta, Szawaryn & Tomaszewska, 2020
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4869.1.9 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4418212 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AF8794-4106-FFB6-E1ED-B2DF02201BB4 |
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Afrocleta |
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nom. nov. |
Afrocleta nom. nov.
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Type species: Epilachna eckloni Mulsant, 1850
Cleta Mulsant, 1850: 866 [as subgenus Epilachna (Cleta) ] (nec Cleta Duponchel, 1845, Lepidoptera : Geometridae ). Type species: Epilachna eckloni Mulsant, 1850 (by subsequent designation by Jadwiszczak & Węgrzynowicz 2003: 9). As genus Cleta Mulsant, 1850 in Tomaszewska & Szawaryn 2016: 74.
Hypsa Mulsant, 1850: 860 [as subgenus Epilachna (Hypsa) ]. Type species: Epilachna nigrolimbata J. Thomson, 1875 (by subsequent designation by Korschefsky 1931: 18). Synonymized by Tomaszewska & Szawaryn, 2016: 74.
Chazeauiana Tomaszewska & Szawaryn in Szawaryn et al., 2015: 564. Type species: Epilachna sahlbergi Mulsant, 1850 (by original designation). Synonymized by Tomaszewska & Szawaryn, 2016: 74.
Etymology. The new genus name refers to Afrotropic Realm where this taxon is distributed, and Cleta – subgenus of Epilachna originally described by Mulsant. Gender. feminine.
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