Exochognathus

Exochognathus
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: Exochognathus
Blake, 1946
Species:
E. limbatus
Binomial name
Exochognathus limbatus
Blake, 1946

Exochognathus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is endemic to Cuba. It was described by the American entomologist Doris Holmes Blake in 1946 and contains only one species, Exochognathus limbatus.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Blake, D. H. (1946). "Seven new species of West Indian Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 48 (5): 111–119.
  2. 1 2 Peck, Stewart B.; Perez-Gelabert, Daniel E. (2012). "A summary of the endemic beetle genera of the West Indies (Insecta: Coleoptera); bioindicators of the evolutionary richness of this Neotropical archipelago". Insecta Mundi. 212: 1–29.