Kumatoeides Explained

Kumatoeides is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae.^[1] The genus is endemic to New Caledonia. The genus was first erected in 2018 by Spanish entomologist Jesús Gómez-Zurita.^[2] The generic name is the Latin transliteration of the Greek adjective Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κυματοειδής, meaning "corrugated", referring to the regular striae on the elytra of the beetles.

Species

• Kumatoeides anomala Gómez-Zurita, 2018
• Kumatoeides aulacia Gómez-Zurita, 2018
• Kumatoeides costata (Jolivet, Verma & Mille, 2007)^[3]
• Kumatoeides leptalei Gómez-Zurita, 2018
• Kumatoeides megale Gómez-Zurita, 2018
• Kumatoeides metallica Gómez-Zurita, 2018
• Kumatoeides millei Gómez-Zurita, 2018
• Kumatoeides tarsalis Gómez-Zurita, 2018
• Kumatoeides wanati Gómez-Zurita, 2018

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 . 10483691 . 10261/337235. free.
2. Web site: Gomez-Zurita Lab . molevol.cmima.csic.es . 26 December 2018 . 22 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190822191123/http://molevol.cmima.csic.es/gomez-zurita/ . dead .
3. P.. Jolivet. K.K.. Verma. C.. Mille. 2007. New Genera and Species of Eumolpinae from New Caledonia (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). Revue Française d'Entomologie . Nouvelle Série. 29. 2–3. 77–92.