''Caryonoda'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
leaf beetle
The beetle family Chrysomelidae, commonly known as leaf beetles, includes over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making it one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle families. Numerous s ...
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 is considered either the only member of the tribe Caryonodini, or a member of the tribe
Eumolpini
Eumolpini is a tribe of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is the largest tribe in the subfamily, with approximately 170 genera found worldwide. Members of the tribe almost always have a longitudinal median groove on the pygidium, which ...
. It contains six species from
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o ...
,
and a single species from
Nicaragua
Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the geographically largest Sovereign state, country in Central America, comprising . With a population of 7,142,529 as of 2024, it is the third-most populous country in Central America aft ...
.
Species
The genus includes the following species:
* ''
Caryonoda bisinuata''
Bechyné & Bechyné, 1961
* ''
Caryonoda campanulicollis''
Bechyné, 1951
* ''
Caryonoda funebris''
Gómez-Zurita & Maes, 2022
* ''
Caryonoda kuscheli''
Bechyné, 1951
* ''
Caryonoda meridana''
Bechyné, 1953
* ''
Caryonoda pohli''
Bechyné, 1951
* ''
Caryonoda tibialis''
(Lefèvre Lefebvre (; commonly in English-speaking countries, as well as or ) is a common northern French surname. Alternative forms include ''Lefebvre'', ''le Febvre'', ''Le Febvre'', ''Lefèbvre'', ''le Fèbvre'', ''Le Fèbvre'', as well as the common var ...
, 1885)
References
Eumolpinae
Chrysomelidae genera
Beetles of Central America
Beetles of South America
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