Eboo Wiburdi
''Eboo'' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is endemic to Australia and contains approximately 50 species. Many of these species show strong sexual dimorphism and feed primarily on ''Eucalyptus'' plants. This genus was previously known as ''Tomyris'' (named by Félicien Chapuis in 1874) or ''Odontionopa'' (named by Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson in 1842). However, both of these names were found to be preoccupied, and the genus was renamed to ''Eboo'' by C. A. M. Reid in 1993. The generic name is a phonetic rendering of ''ibu'', the Indonesian language, Indonesian word for "mother". The genus is placed in the subtribe Ebooina, also named by Reid, a replacement name for "Tomyrina". Species Species include: * ''Eboo aenea'' (Thomas Blackburn (entomologist), Blackburn, 1889) * ''Eboo aerata'' (Arthur Mills Lea, Lea, 1915) * ''Eboo antennata'' (Thomas Blackburn (entomologist), Blackburn, 1889) * ''Eboo antiqua'' (Arthur Mills Lea, Lea, 1926) * ''Eboo apicicollis' ...
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