Acrothinium gaschkevitchii

Acrothinium gaschkevitchii is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is distributed in East Asia.[2]

Acrothinium gaschkevitchii
Acrothinium gaschkevitchii, Tanabe City, Wakayama Pref., Japan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Bromiini
Genus: Acrothinium
Species:
A. gaschkevitchii
Binomial name
Acrothinium gaschkevitchii
Synonyms

Chrysochus gaschkevitchii Motschulsky, 1861

Etymology

The species is named after the wife of Russian diplomat Iosif Goshkevich. She had collected specimens of the species in the vicinity of her residence at "Khokodody" in Japan.[1][3]

Subspecies

There are five subspecies of A. gaschkevitchii:[2]

References

  1. Motschulsky, V. de (1861). "Insectes du Japon". Études Entomologiques. 9: 4–39.
  2. Moseyko, A. G.; Sprecher-Uebersax, E. (2010). "Eumolpinae". In Löbl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. pp. 619–643. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2.
  3. Marshall, T. A. (1864). "Corynodinorum Recensio". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 8 (29): 24–50. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1864.tb02004.x.
  4. Cho, H.-W.; An, S.L. (2020). "An annotated checklist of leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of the Korean Peninsula, with comments and new records". Far Eastern Entomologist. 404: 1–36. doi:10.25221/fee.404.1.


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