Dumbea (beetle) explained

Dumbea is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae.^[1] It is known from the South Province and Mont Panié of New Caledonia, and is named after Dumbéa, a town nearby Nouméa. This name was originally used by the French entomologist Charles Adolphe Albert Fauvel to house several species of Eumolpinae from New Caledonia, but Fauvel's Dumbea was unpublished and is a nomen nudum. The genus was established based on general proportions and body size, and may be polyphyletic or paraphyletic.^[2]

Species

• Dumbea gigas Jolivet, Verma & Mille, 2007
• Dumbea montana Jolivet, Verma & Mille, 2011^[3]
• Dumbea paulaudi Jolivet, Verma & Mille, 2007
• Dumbea striata Jolivet, Verma & Mille, 2007 (synonym: Taophila cancellata Samuelson, 2010^[4])^[1]

Notes and References

1. Platania. L.. Gómez-Zurita. J.. 2023. Current knowledge on the diversity of Eumolpinae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) in New Caledonia. ZooKeys. 1177. 41–55. 10.3897/zookeys.1177.101293. free. 37692319 . 10261/337235. free.
2. Gómez-Zurita. J.. 2017. Taxonomic notes on New Caledonian Dematochroma samuelsoni Jolivet, Verma et Mille and D. difficilis (Heller) (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae). Folia Entomologica Hungarica. 78. 77–82. 10.17112/FoliaEntHung.2017.78.77.
3. P.. Jolivet. K.K.. Verma. C.. Mille. 2011. New Eumolpinae from Mont Panié, New Caledonia (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie. Nouvelle Série. 26. 4. 333–340.
4. G. A.. Samuelson. 2010. Review of Taophila, a genus endemic to New Caledonia (Coleoptera : Chrysomelidae : Eumolpinae). Zootaxa. 2621. 45–62. 10.11646/zootaxa.2621.1.3. free.