Ajubus

Ajubus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Eumolpini
Genus: Ajubus
Aslam, 1968
Species:
A. viridis
Binomial name
Ajubus viridis
(Clark, 1865)
Synonyms
Genus

Thaumastomerus Clark, 1865
(nec Wollaston, 1861)

Species

Thaumastomerus viridis Clark, 1865

Ajubus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It contains only one species, Ajubus viridis, described from Champion Bay in Western Australia. The genus was originally named Thaumastomerus by Hamlet Clark in 1865; however, this name was preoccupied by Thaumastomerus Wollaston, 1861 (a beetle genus in Curculionidae), so it was renamed to Ajubus by N. A. Aslam in 1968.

Clark originally described Thaumastomerus as resembling Edusa (now named Edusella), but being broader, less parallel, and the middle legs of the males having unusually thickened femora.: 148–149  Entomologists Félicien Chapuis and Thomas Blackburn later suggested that Thaumastomerus may not be a distinct genus from Edusa, possibly being an aberrant species of the latter.: 140 : 66 

References

  1. 1 2 Aslam, N. A. (1968). "Nomenclatorial notes on Chrysomeloidea (Coleoptera)". Journal of Natural History. 2 (1): 127–129. doi:10.1080/00222936800770691.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Clark, H. (1865). "Descriptions of new Phytophaga from Western Australia". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 3. 2: 401–421.
  3. ↑ Blackburn, T. (1891). "Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species, IX". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 14: 65–153.
  4. ↑ Blackburn, T. (1900). "Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. XXVI". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 24: 35–68.