Exosoma

Exosoma lusitanicum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chrysomeloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Cladus: Phytophaga Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Galerucinae
Tribus: Luperini
Subtribus: Luperina
Genus: Exosoma
Species: E. albanicum – E. apicale – E. collare – E. flavipes – E. fulvonigrum – E. gaudionis – E. lusitanicum – E. neglectum – E. pseudoakkoae – E. theryi – E. thoracicum – E. tomokunii
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Name

Exosoma Jacoby, 1903

Type species: Chrysomela lusitanica Linnaeus, 1769, automatic.

Synonymy

• Malacosoma Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836: 379 [junior homonym of Malacosoma Hübner, 1820 (Lepidoptera)]
  • Type species: Chrysomela lusitanica Linnaeus, 1769, by monotypy.
• Malacoptera Hope, 1840: 168
  • Type species: Chrysomela lusitanica Linnaeus, 1769, by original designation.
• Exosoma Jacoby, 1903: 25 [replacement name for Malacosoma Chevrolat, 1836]
  • Type species: Chrysomela lusitanica Linnaeus, 1769, automatic.
• Malacodora Bedel, 1905: 236 [replacement name for Malacosoma Chevrolat, 1836]
  • Type species: Chrysomela lusitanica Linnaeus, 1769, automatic.

References

Primary references

• Chevrolat, L.A.A. 1836. [new taxa]. In: Dejean, P.F.M.A. Catalogue des Coléoptères de la collection de M. le comte Dejean. Deuxième édition. [Livraison 5]. Paris: Méquignon-Marvis Père et Fils. pp. 361–443. BHL. Reference page. 
• Hope, F.W. 1841 ("1840"). The coleopterist's manual, part the third, containing various families, genera, and species, of beetles, recorded by Linneus and Fabricius. Also, descriptions of newly discovered and unpublished insects. London : J.C. Bridgewater and Bowdery & Kerby. 191 pp. + 3 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Jacoby, M. 1903. A further contribution to our knowledge of African phytophagous Coleoptera, Part II. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1903: 1–38. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1903.tb01124.x . BHL.

Additional references

• Beenen, R. 2010. Galerucinae Latreille, 1802. Pp. 443–491. In: Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark. 924 pp. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2. Google Books. Reference page. 
• Beenen, R. 2020. Notes on African Galerucinae and descriptions of new species 2 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Entomologische Blätter und Coleoptera 116: 61–87. Reference page. 
• Beenen, R. 2023. Taxonomic, nomenclatural and faunistic data for galerucine leaf beetles from Africa, with description of Rohania leonardii n. sp. from Kenya (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae). Natural History Sciences 10(s1): 57–61. DOI: 10.4081/nhs.2023.697 . Reference page.