Janbechynea

Janbechynea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Orsodacnidae
Subfamily:	Aulacoscelidinae
Genus:	Janbechynea Monrós, 1953
Type species
Janbechynea paradoxa Monrós, 1953

Janbechynea is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Orsodacnidae. There are at least 12 described species in Janbechynea, found in North America.^[1][2][3] The genus is named after the Czech entomologist Jan Bechyně.

Species

These 12 species belong to the genus Janbechynea:

Subgenus Janbechynea

• Janbechynea elongata (Jacoby, 1888)
• Janbechynea inversosimilis Monrós, 1954
• Janbechynea julioi Santiago-Blay, 2004
• Janbechynea maldonadoi Santiago-Blay, 2004
• Janbechynea paradoxa Monrós, 1953
• Janbechynea snyderae Santiago-Blay, 2004
• Janbechynea woodburyi Santiago-Blay, 2004

Subgenus Bothroscelis Monrós, 1954 (type species: Aulacoscelis fulvipes Jacoby, 1888)

• Janbechynea fulvipes (Jacoby, 1888)
• Janbechynea georgepauljohnringo Santiago-Blay, 2004
• Janbechynea melyroides (Crowson, 1946)
• Janbechynea suzanita Santiago-Blay, 2004
• Janbechynea virkkii Santiago-Blay, 2004

References

• Santiago-Blay, J.A. (2004). "Description of seven new species of Janbechynea (Orsodacnidae or Chrysomelidae, sensu lato) from Mexico: availability of new names and corrections". Entomological News. 115: 108–112. ISSN 0013-872X.
• Monrós, F. (1953). "Aulacoscelinae, eine neue Chrysomeliden-Unter-familie, mit Beschreibung einer neuen bolivianischen Gattung (Col.)". Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey. 4: 19–25.
• Monrós, F. (1954). "Revision of the chrysomelid subfamily Aulacoscelinae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 112 (4): 321–360.

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