Cheiloxena

Cheiloxena is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Spilopyrinae. It is endemic to Australia, occurring from southern Victoria to central Queensland.[3]

Cheiloxena
Cheiloxena frenchae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Spilopyrinae
Genus: Cheiloxena
Baly, 1860[1]
Type species
Cheiloxena westwoodii
Baly, 1860[1]
Synonyms
  • Chiloxena Gemminger & von Harold, 1874
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  • Cheiloscena Selman, 1963
    (misspelling)    [2]
  • Chiloscena Selman, 1963
    (misspelling)    [2]

Species
  • Cheiloxena aitori Reid & Beatson, 2018[3]
  • Cheiloxena blackburni Reid, 1992[4]
  • Cheiloxena conani Reid & Beatson, 2018[3]
  • Cheiloxena frenchae Blackburn, 1893[5]
  • Cheiloxena insignis Blackburn, 1896[6]
  • Cheiloxena monga Reid & Beatson, 2018[3]
  • Cheiloxena tuberosa Reid, 1992[4]
  • Cheiloxena westwoodii Baly, 1860[1]
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References
  1. Baly, J. S. (1860). "Descriptions of some new species of Sagra; remarks on that genus; and the characters of Cheiloxena, a new genus belonging to the same family (concluded)". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. New series. 5: 236–260.
  2. Selman, B. J. (1963). "A revision of the genus Deretrichia Weise (Coleoptera: Eumolpidae)". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). 14: 155–196.
  3. Reid, C.A.M.; Beatson, M. (2018). "Revision of the Australian leaf beetle genus Cheiloxena Baly, 1860 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Spilopyrinae)". Zootaxa. 4497 (4): 501–534. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4497.4.3. PMID 30313645.
  4. Reid, C.A.M. (1992). "Revision of the genus Cheiloxena Baly (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae)" (PDF). Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria. 53 (1): 101–114. doi:10.24199/j.mmv.1992.53.04.
  5. Blackburn, T. (1893). "Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. XIII". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 17: 130–140.
  6. Blackburn, T. (1896). "Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. XIX". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 20: 35–109.


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