Freudeita

Freudeita
Freudeita cupripennis
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: Freudeita
Bechyné, 1950
Type species
Colaspis parellina
Erichson, 1847

Freudeita is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is found in South America. The genus is dedicated to the German entomologist Heinz Freude [de].

In May 2019, the New Zealand Environmental Protection Authority approved an application to introduce Freudeita cf. cupripennis as a biological control agent against the moth plant (Araujia hortorum), an invasive weed in New Zealand.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Bechyné, J. (1950). "Notes sur les Chrysomeloidea de l'Amerique du Sud et du Centre (Col. Phytoph.)". Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey Tutzing bei München. 1: 237–269.
  2. 1 2 3 Bechyné, J. (1953). "Katalog der neotropischen Eumolpiden (Col. Phytoph. Chrysomeloidea)". Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey Tutzing bei München (in German). 4: 26–303.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Flowers, R. Wills (1995). "Some Corrections to the Generic Records of Central American Eumolpinae (Chrysomelidae: Coleoptera)". The Florida Entomologist. 78 (3): 553–557. doi:10.2307/3495545. JSTOR 3495545.
  4. ↑ "Moth plant beetle approved for New Zealand to control noxious weed". Newsroom. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  5. ↑ Lefèvre, E. (1884). "Le diagnoses de nouvelles espèces d'Eumolpides". Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France. Série 6. 4: CXX–CXXI.
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  12. 1 2 Bechyné, J. (1954). "La liste des Eumolpides de Rio Grande do Sul (Brésil) et observations diverses sur les espéces néotropicales" (PDF). Arquivos do Museu Paranaense. 10: 141–226. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2019. (note: pages 196–199, 202–203, 206–207 are missing in the PDF)
  13. 1 2 3 Bechyné, J.; Springlovà de Bechyné, B. (1969). "Notas sobre Phytophaga americanos (Coleoptera)" (PDF). Revista de la Facultad de Agronomía (Maracay). 3: 5–64. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
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