Mylassa (beetle)

Mylassa
Mylassa pectinicornis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
(unranked): Camptosomata
Subfamily: Cryptocephalinae
Tribe: Mylassini
Gómez-Zurita & Cardoso, 2021
Genus: Mylassa
Stål, 1857

Mylassa is a genus of case-bearing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. It is the only member of the tribe Mylassini within the subfamily Cryptocephalinae. There are thirteen described species distributed in the southern part of South America.

Species

Synonyms

Mylassa chacallaoi Monrós, 1949 is a junior synonym of Mylassa obliquata (Suffrian, 1863) in Sassi, 2025. Also, Mylassa discariana Monrós, 1949 and Mylassa fasciatipennis Stål, 1857 are junior synonyms of Mylassa crassicollis (Blanchard, 1851) in Sassi, 2025. Also, Mylassa socia Stål, 1857 is a junior synonym of Mylassa rubronotata (Blanchard, 1851) in Sassi, 2025 [plus comments on the older synonym Pachybrachys aurantipennis Brèthes, 1929]).

References

  1. 1 2 Gómez-Zurita, J.; Cardoso, A. (2021). "Molecular systematics, higher-rank classification and Gondwanan origins of Cryptocephalinae leaf beetles". Zoologica Scripta. 50 (5): 592–615. doi:10.1111/zsc.12501. hdl:10261/250516.
  2. ↑ "Mylassa Stål, 1857". GBIF. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  3. ↑ Agrain, Federico Alejandro; Maria Lourdes Chamorro; Nora Cabrera; Sassi, Davide; Sergio Roig-Juñent (2017). "A comprehensive guide to the Argentinian case-bearer beetle fauna (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Camptosomata)". ZooKeys (677): 11–88. doi:10.3897/zookeys.677.10778. PMC 5537999. PMID 28769688. Wikidata Q33129256.
  4. ↑ Sassi, Davide (2025). "Taxonomic revision of the South American genus Mylassa Stål, 1867 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae) with the description of eight new species". Zootaxa. 5683 (3): 301–359. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5683.3.1. Wikidata Q135921980.

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