Capula_(beetle)

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Capula (beetle)

Genus of beetles

Capula is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. It contains three species distributed in western China.[2] It is a member of the section "Capulites" in the tribe Hylaspini of the subfamily Galerucinae, alongside Furusawaia (including Yunnaniata), Nepalogaleruca and Himaplosonyx. All species in Capula are wingless, a character shared by the other genera in the section Capulites.[3][4]

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Species

The genus contains three species:[2][3]

  • Capula apicalis Chen, Wang & Jiang, 1986 – Sichuan
  • Capula caudata Chen, Wang & Jiang, 1986 – Sichuan
  • Capula metallica Jacobson, 1925 – Qinghai, Sichuan, Tibet

References

  1. [1]
    Jacobson, G.G (1925). "De Chrysomelidis palaearcticis. Descriptionum et annotationum series III". Russkoe Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie. 19: 143–148.
  2. [2]
    Beenen, R. (2010). "Galerucinae Latreille, 1802". In Löbl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. pp. 443–491. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2.
  3. [3]
    Bezděk, J.; Beenen, R. (2009). "Additions to the description of Yunnaniata konstantinovi Lopatin, 2009, and its classification in the section Capulites (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Hylaspini)". Zootaxa. 2303: 45–52. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2303.1.2.
  4. [4]
    Lee, C.-F.; Bezděk, J. (2021). "Revision of the genus Furusawaia Chûjô, 1962 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae)". ZooKeys (1057): 117–148. Bibcode:2021ZooK.1057..117L. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1057.71451. PMC 8417024. PMID 34552370.


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