Menippus (beetle)
Menippus is a genus of leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae).[1]
| Menippus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Galerucinae |
| Tribe: | Galerucini |
| Genus: | Menippus Clark, 1864 |
Habitat and Environment
This leaf beetle is mostly found in Australia, depending on the stringbark eucalyptus tree for food. The trees are also used to harbor eggs for future larvae.
Species
- Menippus aeneipennis (Weise, 1892)
- Menippus canellinus (Fairmaire, 1888)
- Menippus cervinus (Hope, 1831)
- Menippus clarki Jacoby, 1884
- Menippus cynicus Clark, 1864
- Menippus dimidiaticornis (Jacoby, 1889)
- Menippus fugitiva (Lea, 1926)
- Menippus metallicus (Baly, 1886)
- Menippus nigrocoeruleus Jacoby, 1886
- Menippus philippinensis Jacoby, 1894
- Menippus viridis (Duvivier, 1884)
References
- Galerucinae in Synopsis of the described Coleoptera of the World 13 december 2008 Archived 20 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
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