Zohrana

Zohrana is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae.[3] It is known from Africa. It is also sometimes known as Zohranus.

Zohrana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Typophorini
Genus: Zohrana
Aslam, 1968[1]
Type species
Liniscus sansibaricus
Synonyms

Liniscus Lefèvre, 1885
(nec Dujardin, 1844)[2]

The genus was originally named Liniscus by Édouard Lefèvre in 1885; however, this name was preoccupied by Liniscus Dujardin, 1844 (a nematode genus), so it was renamed to Zohrana by N. A. Aslam in 1968.

Species
  • Zohrana fasciolata (Fairmaire, 1893)
  • Zohrana koulmannensis (Selman, 1963)[4]
  • Zohrana puncticollis (Bryant, 1959)
  • Zohrana rhodesiana (Achard, 1925)
  • Zohrana sansibarica (Lefèvre, 1885)[2]
  • Zohrana semistriata (Pic, 1950)
  • Zohrana semiviridis (Pic, 1939)[5]
  • Zohrana substriatipennis (Pic, 1939)[5]
  • Zohrana substriata (Weise, 1909)[6]
  • Zohrana sudanica (Weise, 1926)
  • Zohrana testacea (Pic, 1939)[5]
  • Zohrana usambarica (Weise, 1909)[6]

References
  1. Aslam, N. A. (1968). "Nomenclatorial notes on Chrysomeloidea (Coleoptera)". Journal of Natural History. 2 (1): 127–129. doi:10.1080/00222936800770691.
  2. Lefèvre, É. (1885). "Eumolpidarum hucusque cognitarum catalogus, sectionum conspectu systematico, generum sicut et specierum nonnullarum novarum descriptionibus adjunctis". Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège. 2. 11 (16): 1–172.
  3. "Zohrana". African Eumolpinae site. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  4. 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. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.21864.
  5. Pic, M. (1939). "Coléoptères Phytophages d'Angola". Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 46 (4): 115–142.
  6. Weise, J. (1909). "Chrysomelidae und Coccinellidae". In Sjöstedt, Y. (ed.). Wissenschaftliche ergebnisse der Schwedischen zoologischen expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas 1905-1906. Vol. 1. Stockholm: P. Palmquists Aktiebolag. Abt. 7, pp. 153–266, taf. 4.


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