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Pseudometaxis Minutus
''Pseudometaxis'' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in Southeast Asia and Southern China. Species The genus contains at least five species: * ''Pseudometaxis minutus'' Maurice Pic, Pic, 1923 – China (Yunnan) * ''Pseudometaxis rufescens'' Maurice Pic, Pic, 1927 – Sumatra * ''Pseudometaxis serraticollis'' (Joseph Sugar Baly, Baly, 1867) – Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Peninsular Malayasia, Sumatra * ''Pseudometaxis serratithorax'' Chen Shixiang, Chen, 1940 – Myanmar * ''Pseudometaxis tonkineus'' Maurice Pic, Pic, 1924 – Thailand, Vietnam Synonyms: * ''Pseudometaxis hirsutus'' Maurice Pic, Pic, 1928: synonym of ''Pseudometaxis tonkineus'' Maurice Pic, Pic, 1924 * ''Pseudometaxis maculatus'' Chûjô, 1964: synonym of ''Pseudometaxis serraticollis'' (Joseph Sugar Baly, Baly, 1867) * ''Pseudometaxis nanus'' Chen Shixiang, Chen, 1940: synonym of ''Fidia submaculata'' (Maurice Pic, Pic, 1924) * ''Pseudometaxis serraticollis'' Martin Jacoby, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Jacoby
Martin Jacoby (12 April 1842, Altona, Hamburg, Altona, Duchy of Holstein – 24 December 1907, London) was a German entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera, especially Chrysomelidae (formerly known as Phytophaga). He was also a musician who played in the orchestra of the Royal Italian Opera in London, and later became a violin tutor. Jacoby was born in Altona, Hamburg, Altona near Hamburg and grew up near the port. He later became a leather merchant but his interest was in music and natural history. He studied violin and at the age of twenty he gave up his leather business and moved to England to join Sir Charles Hallé's orchestra in Manchester. He also began to collect insects and birds even before leaving Germany. He was in touch with many German entomological collectors like Thörey, Koltze, and Gräser. He sold off his first large entomological collection to Jacob R. H. Neervoort van de Poll, Van der Poll of Holland in 1880. The ornithologist Edward Hargitt advised him to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
