''Edusella'' is a genus 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. It mainly occurs in
Australia
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, with a single species occurring in
New Caledonia
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.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Edusa'' was originally named by
Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat
Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat (29 March 1799, Paris – 16 December 1884, Paris) was a French entomologist. He specialized mainly on the beetles and was a founder of the Societe entomologique de France in 1832.
Chevrolat worked as a toll adm ...
in 1836, in
Dejean's ''Catalogue of Coleoptera''. However, the name ''Edusa'' is usually attributed to
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 Lacordai ...
, 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
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
), so it was renamed to ''Edusia'' by
Édouard Lefèvre
Édouard Lefèvre (22 January 183917 June 1894) was a French botanist and later entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera
Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front p ...
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 ''Edusia''.
According to Bousquet and Bouchard in 2013, the original name ''Edusa'' by Chevrolat was actually available, and therefore has priority over ''Edusella''. An application to the
ICZN
The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) is a widely accepted convention in zoology that rules the formal scientific naming of organisms treated as animals. It is also informally known as the ICZN Code, for its formal author, t ...
is necessary to conserve usage of the name ''Edusella''
Chapuis, 1874.
Species
Species include:
* ''
Edusella abdominalis''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Edusella 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 River Ribble, Ribble Valley, east of Preston ...
, 1891)
* ''
Edusella angustula''
(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 River Ribble, Ribble Valley, east of Preston ...
, 1900)
* ''
Edusella araeoceroides''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Edusella atrichia''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Edusella aureorufa''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Edusella aureoviridis''
( Clark, 1865)
* ''
Edusella blackburni''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Edusella capillata''
( Lea, 1922)
* ''
Edusella chalcea
''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 ...
''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Edusella chlorion
''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 ...
''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Edusella chlorophana
''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 ...
''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Edusella chrysura''
( Germar, 1848)
* ''
Edusella clypealis''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Edusella decemlineata''
( Lea, 1921)
* ''
Edusella discicollis''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Edusella dispar''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Edusella distincta''
(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 River Ribble, Ribble Valley, east of Preston ...
, 1891)
* ''
Edusella diversicollis
''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, ...
''
(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 River Ribble, Ribble Valley, east of Preston ...
, 1891)
* ''
Edusella flaveola''
( Montrouzier, 1861)
* ''
Edusella flavicornis''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Edusella flavipes''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Edusella fraterna''
(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 River Ribble, Ribble Valley, east of Preston ...
, 1891)
* ''
Edusella froggatti''
(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 River Ribble, Ribble Valley, east of Preston ...
, 1891)
* ''
Edusella fusca''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Edusella germari''
(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 ...
, 1891)
* ''
Edusella glabra''
(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 River Ribble, Ribble Valley, east of Preston ...
, 1891)
* ''
Edusella glauca''
(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 River Ribble, Ribble Valley, east of Preston ...
, 1891)
* ''
Edusella griffithi''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Edusella heterodoxa''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Edusella hirta''
(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 River Ribble, Ribble Valley, east of Preston ...
, 1891)
* ''
Edusella hispidula''
( Clark, 1865)
* ''
Edusella impressiceps''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Edusella inermis''
(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 River Ribble, Ribble Valley, east of Preston ...
, 1891)
* ''
Edusella lineata''
(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 River Ribble, Ribble Valley, east of Preston ...
, 1891)
* ''
Edusella melanoptera''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Edusella melanosoma''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Edusella metallica''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Edusella meyricki''
(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 River Ribble, Ribble Valley, east of Preston ...
, 1891)
* ''
Edusella minor''
(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 River Ribble, Ribble Valley, east of Preston ...
, 1891)
* ''
Edusella mira''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Edusella montana''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Edusella monticola''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Edusella multicolor''
( Lea, 1922)
* ''
Edusella mutica''
( Germar, 1848)
* ''
Edusella nigroaenea''
( Clark, 1865)
* ''
Edusella niveosquamosa''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Edusella obscura''
( Lea, 1922)
* ''
Edusella pallidiventris''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Edusella palpalis''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Edusella pavens''
(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 River Ribble, Ribble Valley, east of Preston ...
, 1891)
* ''
Edusella perplexa''
(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 River Ribble, Ribble Valley, east of Preston ...
, 1891)
* ''
Edusella pilifera''
(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 River Ribble, Ribble Valley, east of Preston ...
, 1891)
* ''
Edusella plicata''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Edusella podagrosa''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Edusella posthumeralis''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Edusella puberula''
( Boheman, 1858)
* ''
Edusella pulchra''
(Elston, 1919)
* ''
Edusella punctipennis''
( Lea, 1922)
* ''
Edusella rufilabris''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Edusella securigera''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Edusella septentrionalis''
( Weise, 1923)
* ''
Edusella sericea''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Edusella setipennis''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Edusella suaveola''
( Germar, 1848)
* ''
Edusella submaculata''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Edusella suturalis''
( Chapuis, 1874)
* ''
Edusella tridens''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Edusella turneri''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Edusella ursa''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Edusella varians''
(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 River Ribble, Ribble Valley, east of Preston ...
, 1891)
* ''
Edusella varipes''
( Boisduval, 1835)
* ''
Edusella virgatipes''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Edusella viridicollis''
(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 ...
, 1875)
* ''
Edusella viridifrons''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Edusella viridilatera''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Edusella viridimetallica''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Edusella viridipennis''
( Boheman, 1858)
* ''
Edusella ziczac''
( Lea, 1915)
* ''
Edusella zietzi''
( Lea, 1915)
References
External links
Genus ''Edusella'' Chapuis, 1874at
Australian Faunal Directory
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Eumolpinae
Chrysomelidae genera
Beetles of Australia
Beetles of Oceania
Insects of New Caledonia
Taxa named by Félicien Chapuis