Acrothinium gaschkevitchii

Acrothinium gaschkevitchii is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is distributed in East Asia.[2]

Acrothinium gaschkevitchii
Acrothinium gaschkevitchii, Tanabe City, Wakayama Pref., Japan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Bromiini
Genus: Acrothinium
Species:
A. gaschkevitchii
Binomial name
Acrothinium gaschkevitchii
Synonyms

Chrysochus gaschkevitchii Motschulsky, 1861

Etymology

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The species is named after the wife of Russian diplomat Iosif Goshkevich. She had sent Motschulsky a collection of insects from Japan, including specimens of Acrothinium gaschkevitchii, that she had collected in the vicinity of her residence at Hakodate and during her trips between Honshu and Hokkaido.[1][3]

Subspecies

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There are five subspecies of A. gaschkevitchii:[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Motschulsky, V. de (1861). "Insectes du Japon". Études Entomologiques. 9: 4–39.
  2. ^ a b Moseyko, A. G.; Sprecher-Uebersax, E. (2010). "Eumolpinae". In Löbl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. pp. 619–643. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2.
  3. ^ Marshall, T. A. (1864). "Corynodinorum Recensio". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 8 (29): 24–50. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1864.tb02004.x.
  4. ^ Cho, H.-W.; An, S.L. (2020). "An annotated checklist of leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of the Korean Peninsula, with comments and new records". Far Eastern Entomologist. 404: 1–36. doi:10.25221/fee.404.1.
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