''Ajubus'' is a genus of

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s in the subfamily

Eumolpinae The Eumolpinae are a subfamily of the leaf beetles, or Chrysomelidae. It is one of the largest subfamilies of leaf beetles, including more than 500 genera and 7000 species. They are oval, and convex in form, and measure up to 10 mm in size. ...

. It contains only one species, ''Ajubus viridis'', described from

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. The genus was originally named ''Thaumastomerus'' by

Hamlet Clark Hamlet Clark (30 March 182310 June 1867) was an English clergyman and entomologist specialising in Coleoptera, especially water beetles and leaf beetles. Hamlet Clark was born in Navenby, Lincolnshire on 30 March 1823. He was the eldest son ...

in 1865; however, this name was preoccupied by ''Thaumastomerus'' Wollaston, 1861 (a beetle genus in

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), so it was renamed to ''Ajubus'' by N. A. Aslam in 1968.

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Genus ''Ajubus'' Aslam, 1968
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Eumolpinae Monotypic Chrysomelidae genera Beetles of Australia Taxa named by Hamlet Clark {{Eumolpinae-stub