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Edusella Plicata
''Edusella'' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It mainly occurs in Australia, with a single species occurring in New Caledonia. Taxonomy The genus ''Edusa'' was originally named by Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat in 1836, in Dejean's ''Catalogue of Coleoptera''. However, the name ''Edusa'' is usually attributed to Félicien Chapuis, who described the genus in 1874 and divided it into three subgenera: ''Edusa'', ''Edusella'', and ''Edusina''. These divisions of the genus are not used by later authors. ''Edusa'' Chapuis, 1874 was then found to be preoccupied by multiple older animal genera of the same name (by Gistel, 1848 in Tunicata and Albers, 1860 in Gastropoda), so it was renamed to ''Edusia'' by Édouard Lefèvre in 1885. However, the name ''Edusa'' continued to be used for these beetles by some authors regardless. Later, the name ''Edusella'', one of the subgenera created by Chapuis, was chosen as the name of the genus instead of either ''Edusa'' or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Félicien Chapuis
Félicien Chapuis (29 April 1824 – 30 September 1879) was a Belgium, Belgian Physician, doctor and entomologist. He specialised in Coleoptera and finished the text of ''Genera des coléoptères'' by Jean Théodore Lacordaire, Théodore Lacordaire (1801—1870) when Lacordaire died. Chapuis was born in Verviers, the son of a doctor. He studied medicine in Bonn and at the University of Liège. He received a science degree in 1848 and a medical degree from Paris in 1852. He practiced medicine in his home town. He was interested in entomology and along with Ernest Candèze he worked with Théodore Lacordaire on the study of beetle larvae. He wrote: *186''Monographie des platypides'' H. Dessain, Liège. *1874. ''Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Genera des Coléoptères''. Tome 10. Libraire Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, 455 pp., pls. 111–124. (Phytophages) *1875''Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Genera des Coléoptères''. Tome 11 Libraire Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, 420 pp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |