Zohrana is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae.[3] It is known from Africa. It is also sometimes known as Zohranus.

Zohrana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Typophorini
Genus: Zohrana
Aslam, 1968[1]
Type species
Liniscus sansibaricus
Synonyms

Liniscus Lefèvre, 1885
(nec Dujardin, 1844)
[2]

The genus was originally named Liniscus by Édouard Lefèvre in 1885; however, this name was preoccupied by Liniscus Dujardin, 1844 (a nematode genus), so it was renamed to Zohrana by N. A. Aslam in 1968.

Species edit

References edit

  1. ^ Aslam, N. A. (1968). "Nomenclatorial notes on Chrysomeloidea (Coleoptera)". Journal of Natural History. 2 (1): 127–129. doi:10.1080/00222936800770691.
  2. ^ a b c Lefèvre, É. (1885). "Eumolpidarum hucusque cognitarum catalogus, sectionum conspectu systematico, generum sicut et specierum nonnullarum novarum descriptionibus adjunctis". Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège. 2. 11 (16): 1–172.
  3. ^ "Zohrana". African Eumolpinae site. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  4. ^ Selman, B. J. (1965). "A revision of the Nodini and a key to the genera of Eumolpidae of Africa (Coleoptera: Eumolpidae)" (PDF). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 16 (3): 141–174. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.21864.
  5. ^ a b c Pic, M. (1939). "Coléoptères Phytophages d'Angola". Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 46 (4): 115–142.
  6. ^ a b Weise, J. (1909). "Chrysomelidae und Coccinellidae". In Sjöstedt, Y. (ed.). Wissenschaftliche ergebnisse der Schwedischen zoologischen expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas 1905-1906. Vol. 1. Stockholm: P. Palmquists Aktiebolag. Abt. 7, pp. 153–266, taf. 4.