''Nodocolaspis'' is a
genus
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of
leaf beetle
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s in the subfamily
Eumolpinae
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. It is known from
Central America
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and
South America
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.
The genus was first established by the Czech entomologist
Jan Bechyné
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in 1949, as a relative of ''Nodonota'' (now known as ''
Brachypnoea
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The genus was originally named ''Noda'', named by Chevro ...
'') containing species formerly placed in ''
Colaspis''.
Species
The following species are included in ''Nodocolaspis'':
* ''
Nodocolaspis antennalis''
Bechyné, 1953
* ''
Nodocolaspis colombica''
( Jacoby, 1900)
* ''
Nodocolaspis costipennis''
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, 1877)
** ''Nodocolaspis costipennis cayennensis''
Bechyné, 1955
** ''Nodocolaspis costipennis costipennis''
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, 1877)
* ''
Nodocolaspis femoralis''
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, 1878)
* ''
Nodocolaspis impressa''
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, 1877)
* ''
Nodocolaspis multicostata''
( Jacoby, 1900)
* ''
Nodocolaspis paulistana''
Bechyné, 1953
* ''
Nodocolaspis quadrifoveata''
(Bowditch, 1921)
* ''
Nodocolaspis rugulosa''
Bechyné, 1953
* ''
Nodocolaspis smaragdina''
Bechyné & Bechyné, 1964
* ''
Nodocolaspis tarsata''
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, 1882)
** ''Nodocolaspis tarsata acallosa''
( Bechyné, 1949)
** ''Nodocolaspis tarsata tarsata''
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, 1882)
* ''
Nodocolaspis tuberculata''
Bechyné, 1953
The type species, ''
N. costipennis'', was originally described as "''Colaspis costipennis''" by Lefèvre in 1877, which makes the name a junior homonym of ''
Colaspis costipennis''
Crotch
In humans, the crotch is the bottom of the pelvis (the region of the body where the legs join the torso) and is the part of the body that includes the groin and genitals.
Etymology
''Crotch'' is derived from ''crutch''; it was first used in 1 ...
, 1873; however, Jan Bechyné considered it worthless to correct the homonymy after having established a new genus for the Lefèvre species.
Separately,
Doris Holmes Blake
Doris Holmes Blake, ''n̩e'' Doris Mildred Holmes (January 11, 1892 РDecember 3, 1978), was an American Entomology, entomologist and scientific illustrator.
She was an expert on chrysomelidae (leaf beetles).
Life
Doris Holmes was raised i ...
renamed the Lefèvre species to "''Colaspis lophodes''" in 1974.
The generic placement of the
Central America
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n species ''
N. femoralis'' and ''
N. impressa'' is uncertain; they were transferred to ''Nodocolaspis'' from ''Colaspis'' by Jan Bechyné in 1953 and 1958, but Flowers (1996) disagreed with the validity of the transfers and included them in ''Colaspis'', where they have been traditionally placed.
References
Eumolpinae
Chrysomelidae genera
Beetles of Central America
Beetles of South America
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