Rosiroia
| Rosiroia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Eumolpinae |
| Tribe: | Rosiroiini Bechyné, 1950[1] |
| Genus: | Rosiroia Bechyné, 1950[1] |
| Species: | R. anisotomoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Rosiroia anisotomoides | |
Rosiroia is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae, found in Madagascar.[2] It contains only one species, Rosiroia anisotomoides, and is the only member of the tribe Rosiroiini. It was described by the Czech entomologist Jan Bechyně in 1950 from a single female specimen collected from the locality of Navana in November 1937. The genus was described as differing from all other known Eumolpinae by the front of its body, which resembles that of members of the family Leiodidae, such as Agathidium.[1]
The genus is dedicated to Rosetta Roi (later Rosetta Kadlec), a taxidermist who worked with Bechyně at the Museum G. Frey, a private museum belonging to German entomologist and beetle collector Georg Frey.[1][3]
References
- ^ a b c d e Bechyné, J. (1950). "Eumolpides nouveaux de Madagascar (Col . Phytophaga)". Publications de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 19: 148–151.
- ^ "Rosiroia". African Eumolpinae site. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
- ^ Scherer, G. (1976). "Dr. h. c. Georg Frey. Die Entomologie war sein Leben 1902-1976". Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey. 27: vii–xxii.