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Gaberella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Typophorini
Genus: Gaberella
Selman, 1965[2]
Species:
G. costata
Binomial name
Gaberella costata
(Baly, 1878)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Menius costatus Baly, 1878
  • Menius sjoestedt Jacoby, 1903

Gaberella is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae, found in Africa.[3] It contains only one species, Gaberella costata, found in Sudan, Uganda, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo,[4] Cameroon, Bioko and Ivory Coast. This species was first described by Joseph Sugar Baly in 1878, and was originally placed in Menius.[2]

References

  1. ^ Baly, J. S. (1877). "Diagnosis of a new genus and some undescribed species of African Phytophaga". The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 14: 177–179.
  2. ^ a b c Selman, B. J. (1965). "A revision of the Nodini and a key to the genera of Eumolpidae of Africa (Coleoptera: Eumolpidae)" (PDF). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 16 (3): 141–174.
  3. ^ "Gaberella". African Eumolpinae site. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  4. ^ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved November 20, 2015.