''Eboo'' is a genus of
leaf beetle
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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 is
endemic
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to
Australia, and contains approximately 50 species. Many of these species show strong
sexual dimorphism
Sexual dimorphism is the condition where the sexes of the same animal and/or plant species exhibit different morphological characteristics, particularly characteristics not directly involved in reproduction. The condition occurs in most an ...
, and they feed primarily on ''
Eucalyptus
''Eucalyptus'' () is a genus of over seven hundred species of Flowering plant, flowering trees, shrubs or Mallee (habit), mallees in the Myrtaceae, myrtle Family (biology), family, Myrtaceae. Along with several other genera in the Tribe (biology) ...
'' plants.
This genus was previously known as ''Tomyris'' (named by
Félicien Chapuis
Félicien Chapuis (29 April 1824 – 30 September 1879) was a Belgian doctor and entomologist. He specialised in Coleoptera
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings ...
in 1874) or ''Odontionopa'' (named by
Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson
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He was the author of many articles about insects mainly in '' Archiv für Naturgeschichte''. When ...
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
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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''
(Blackburn
Blackburn () is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The town is north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the Ribble Valley, east of Preston and nort ...
, 1889)
* ''
Eboo aerata''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Eboo antennata''
(Blackburn
Blackburn () is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The town is north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the Ribble Valley, east of Preston and nort ...
, 1889)
* ''
Eboo antiqua
''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 they feed primarily on ''Eucalyptus'' plants.
This genu ...
''
( Lea, 1926)
* ''
Eboo apicicollis''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Eboo aurea''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Eboo aureoviridis''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Eboo compacta''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Eboo curnowi
''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 they feed primarily on ''Eucalyptus'' plants.
This genu ...
''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Eboo difficilis
''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 they feed primarily on ''Eucalyptus'' plants.
This genu ...
''
(Blackburn
Blackburn () is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The town is north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the Ribble Valley, east of Preston and nort ...
, 1889)
* ''
Eboo distributa
''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 they feed primarily on ''Eucalyptus'' plants.
This genu ...
''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Eboo dumbrelli
''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 they feed primarily on ''Eucalyptus'' plants.
This genu ...
''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Eboo elegantula
''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 they feed primarily on ''Eucalyptus'' plants.
This genu ...
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Surnames Lefèvre
* Lef ...
, 1885)
* ''
Eboo evanescens
''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 they feed primarily on ''Eucalyptus'' plants.
This genu ...
''
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Origin
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Notable people
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, 1858)
* ''
Eboo exilis
''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 they feed primarily on ''Eucalyptus'' plants.
This genu ...
''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Eboo femoralis''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Eboo foveiventris''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Eboo foveolata''
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, 1878)
* ''
Eboo fugitiva''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Eboo gracilicornis''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Eboo gracilis''
(Blackburn
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, 1889)
* ''
Eboo illaetabilis''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Eboo incisa''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Eboo inconspicua''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Eboo insignis''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Eboo intermixta''
(Oke, 1932)
* ''
Eboo irrasa''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Eboo laeta''
(Blackburn
Blackburn () is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The town is north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the Ribble Valley, east of Preston and nort ...
, 1889)
* ''
Eboo longa''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Eboo longicornis''
(Blackburn
Blackburn () is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The town is north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the Ribble Valley, east of Preston and nort ...
, 1889)
* ''
Eboo lugubrina''
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* ''
Eboo mediana''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Eboo negligens''
(Blackburn
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, 1889)
* ''
Eboo nigra''
( Lea, 1922)
* ''
Eboo obscura''
(Blackburn
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, 1889)
* ''
Eboo picticornis''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Eboo pulchella''
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, 1874)
* ''
Eboo pulcherrima''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Eboo pusilla''
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Surnames Lefèvre
* Lef ...
, 1885)
* ''
Eboo queenslandica''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Eboo sculpticollis''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Eboo similis''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Eboo soror''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Eboo sublaeta''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Eboo tantilla''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Eboo tepperi''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Eboo villosa''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Eboo viridula
''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 they feed primarily on ''Eucalyptus'' plants.
This genus ...
''
( Erichson, 1842)
* ''
Eboo weisei''
Reid, 1993
* ''
Eboo wiburdi''
( Lea, 1915)
Synonyms:
*''Odontionopa proxima''
Erichson, 1842: synonym of ''
Eboo viridula
''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 they feed primarily on ''Eucalyptus'' plants.
This genus ...
''
( Erichson, 1842)
*''Odontionopa queenslandica''
Weise __NOTOC__
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Notable people with the name include:
A
* Andreas Weise (born 1986), Swedish singer and songwriter
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*Arne We ...
, 1923, nec Lea, 1915:
renamed to ''
Eboo weisei''
Reid, 1993
References
External links
Genus ''Eboo'' Reid, 1993at
Australian Faunal Directory
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Eumolpinae
Chrysomelidae genera
Beetles of Australia