Afrocrania

Afrocrania is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae.[1] It is distributed in the Afrotropical realm.

For the genus of plants, see Cornus.

Afrocrania
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Galerucinae
Tribe: Luperini
Subtribe: Luperina
Genus: Afrocrania
Hincks, 1949
Type species
Pseudocrania latifrons
Weise, 1892
Synonyms

Pseudocrania Weise, 1892 (not M'Coy, 1851)

Species

The genus contains 16 species:[2][3][4]

  • Afrocrania aequatoriana Wagner, 2007
  • Afrocrania assimilis (Weise, 1903)
  • Afrocrania famularis (Weise, 1904)
  • Afrocrania foveolata (Karsch, 1882)
  • Afrocrania kaethae Middelhauve & Wagner, 2001
  • Afrocrania kakamegaensis Middelhauve & Wagner, 2001
  • Afrocrania latifrons (Weise, 1892)
  • Afrocrania longicornis Middelhauve & Wagner, 2001
  • Afrocrania luciae Middelhauve & Wagner, 2001
  • Afrocrania minima Wagner, 2007
  • Afrocrania nigra Wagner, 2007
  • Afrocrania occidentalis Wagner, 2007
  • Afrocrania pallida Wagner, 2007
  • Afrocrania pauli (Weise, 1903)
  • Afrocrania ubatubae Middelhauve & Wagner, 2001
  • Afrocrania weisei Wagner, 2007

References
  1. "IRMNG - Afrocrania Hincks, 1949". www.irmng.org. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  2. Middelhauve, J.; Wagner, T. (2001). "Revision of Afrocrania (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae) Part I: Species in which the males have head cavities or extended elytral extrusions". European Journal of Entomology. 98 (4): 511–532. doi:10.14411/eje.2001.066.
  3. Wagner, T. (2007). "Revision of Afrocrania (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) Part II: Species in which the males lack head cavities or extended elytral extrusions". European Journal of Entomology. 104 (4): 801–814. doi:10.14411/eje.2007.101.
  4. "Afrocrania Hincks 1949 - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 29 May 2021.


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