Apterodina

Apterodina is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known from Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador. It was first described by the Czech entomologist Jan Bechyné in 1954. All species of the genus have greatly reduced hind wings.

Apterodina
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Eumolpini
Genus: Apterodina
Bechyné, 1954[1]
Type species
Apterodina bucki
Bechyné, 1954

Species
  • Apterodina achuparia Flowers, 2009[2] – Ecuador
  • Apterodina bechynei Flowers, 2004[3] – Colombia
  • Apterodina bucki Bechyné, 1954[1] – southeast Brazil
  • Apterodina granulifera Bechyné & Bechyné, 1964[4] – southeast Brazil
  • Apterodina ruminyahui Flowers, 2004[3] – Ecuador

References
  1. Bechyné, J. (1954). "La liste des Eumolpides de Rio Grande do Sul (Brésil) et observations diverses sur les espéces néotropicales" (PDF). Arquivos do Museu Paranaense. 10: 141–226. (note: pages 196–199 are missing in the PDF)
  2. Flowers, R. Wills (2009). "A second species of Apterodina (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) from Ecuador" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2131: 65–68.
  3. Flowers, R. Wills (2004). "New flightless Eumolpinae of the genera Apterodina Bechyné and Brachypterodina n. gen. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from the Neotropics" (PDF). Zootaxa. 549 (1): 1–18. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.549.1.1.
  4. Bechyné, J.; Springlová de Bechyné, B. (1964). "Notes sur quelques Chrysomeloidea Néotropicaux (Col. Phytophaga)" (PDF). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia. 11: 117–137.


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