Pleronexis

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: Galerucini
Genus: Pleronexis
Species: P. beauforti – P. caledonica – P. sahulensis

Name

Pleronexis Weise, 1908: 321

Type species: Pleronexis beauforti Weise, 1908, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Plesistia Maulik, 1929: 198
  • Type species: Plesistia brunnea Maulik, 1929 [= Adimonia caledonica Fauvel, 1862], by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Maulik, S. 1929. Chrysomelidae; with a note on the comparative anatomy of some Halticine tibiae. Insects of Samoa 4(3): 177–215. BHL.
• Weise, J. 1908. Chrysomelidae. Nova Guinea: résultats de l'expédition scientifique néerlandaise à la Nouvelle-Guinée 5(2): 311–349. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Beenen, R. 2008. Contribution to the knowledge of Galerucinae of New Caledonia (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). Genus 19(1): 65–87. PDF.
• Beenen, R. & Bezděk, J. 2021. A new, widely distributed, species in the genus Pleronexis Weise, 1908 (Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae). Entomologische Blätter und Coleoptera 117: 25–29. ResearchGate . Reference page.