- Source: Malacorhinus
Malacorhinus is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 30 described species in Malacorhinus. They are found in North America and the Neotropics.
In Australia, the species Malacorhinus irregularis was introduced to Northern Territory in 2000 as a biological control agent against the weed Mimosa pigra.
Species
These 10 species belong to the genus Malacorhinus:
Malacorhinus acaciae (Schaeffer, 1906)
Malacorhinus apicalis Jacoby, 1887
Malacorhinus biplagiatus Jacoby, 1887
Malacorhinus decempunctatus Jacoby, 1887
Malacorhinus dilaticornis Jacoby, 1887
Malacorhinus exclamationis Jacoby, 1892
Malacorhinus foveipennis (Jacoby, 1879)
Malacorhinus irregularis (Jacoby, 1887)
Malacorhinus knullorum Wilcox, 1951
Malacorhinus tilghmani Mignot, 1970 (replacement name for Malacorhinus tripunctatus (Jacoby, 1879))
References
Further reading
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Malacorhinus
- Malacorhinus acaciae
- Aphelops
- Alachua Formation
- Mimosa in Australia
- List of Galerucinae genera
- Hawthorn Group
- List of the Cenozoic life of Florida
- Polk County, Florida paleontological sites
- List of the Cenozoic life of Kansas
