Menippus (beetle) explained
Menippus is a genus of leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae).[1]
Habitat and Environment
This leaf beetle is mostly found in Australia, depending on the stringybark eucalyptus tree for food. The trees are also used to harbor eggs for future larvae.
Species
Menippus contains the following species:[2] [3] [4]
- Menippus aeneipennis Weise, 1892
- Menippus asahinai (Chûjô, 1962)
- Menippus beeneni Lee, Bezděk & Suenaga, 2012
- Menippus brevicornis (Jacoby, 1889)
- Menippus cervinus (Hope, 1831) (synonym: Menippus canellinus Fairmaire, 1889)
- Menippus clarki Jacoby, 1884
- Menippus cynicus Clark, 1864
- Menippus darcyi Reid & Nally, 2008
- Menippus dimidiaticornis (Jacoby, 1889)
- Menippus doeberli Suenaga, Lee & Bezděk, 2017
- Menippus ewani Reid & Nally, 2008
- Menippus fugitivus (Lea, 1926)
- Menippus gressitti Lee, Bezděk & Suenaga, 2012
- Menippus hsuehleeae Lee, Bezděk & Suenaga, 2012
- Menippus inconspicua (Jacoby, 1894)
- Menippus issikii (Chûjô, 1961)
- Menippus laterimaculata (Jacoby, 1886)
- Menippus marginipennis (Jacoby, 1894)
- Menippus metallicus Baly, 1886
- Menippus murzini Lee, Bezděk & Suenaga, 2012
- Menippus nepalensis Lee, Bezděk & Suenaga, 2012
- Menippus nigrocoeruleus Jacoby, 1886
- Menippus philippinensis Jacoby, 1894
- Menippus sakishimanus Suenaga, Lee & Bezděk, 2017
- Menippus sericea (Weise, 1889)
- Menippus sufi Reid & Nally, 2008
- Menippus viridis Duvivier, 1884
- Menippus yulensis (Jacoby, 1896)
Notes and References
- http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/test/Arthropoda/Insects/Coleoptera/Family/GalerucinaeWeb1.txt Galerucinae
- Reid. C.A.M.. Nally. S.C.. 2008. Revision of the genus Menippus Clark in Australia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae). Australian Journal of Entomology. 47. 2. 87–101. 10.1111/j.1440-6055.2008.00634.x.
- Book: Beenen, R.. 2010. Galerucinae Latreille, 1802. https://books.google.com/books?id=qt8zDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA451. 443–491. Löbl. I.. Smetana. A.. Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. Stenstrup, Denmark. 978-87-88757-84-2.
- Suenaga. H.. Lee. C.-F.. Bezděk. J.. 2017. Two new species of the genus Menippus Clark (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) from islands of Ryukyu-rettô, Japan, and redescription of M. issikii (Chûjô). Entomologische Blätter und Coleoptera. 113. 1. 231–240.
