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Menippus (beetle)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Chrysomelidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Coleoptera

Subfamily
  
Galerucinae

Menippus is a genus of leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae).

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Habitat and Environment

This leaf beetle is mostly found in Australia, depending on the stringbark eucalyptus tree for food. The trees are also used to harbor eggs for future larvae.

Species

  • Menippus aeneipennis (Weise, 1892)
  • Menippus canellinus (Fairmaire, 1888)
  • Menippus cervinus (Hope, 1831)
  • Menippus clarki (Jacoby, 1884)
  • Menippus cynicus (Clark, 1864)
  • Menippus dimidiaticornis (Jacoby, 1889)
  • Menippus fugitiva (Lea, 1926)
  • Menippus metallicus (Baly, 1886)
  • Menippus nigroceruleus (Jacoby, 1886)
  • Menippus philippinensis (Jacoby, 1894)
  • Menippus viridis (Duvivier, 1884)
  • References

    Menippus (beetle) Wikipedia