Donacia geiseltali Goecke 1959 (leaf beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae

Synonym: Donacia curticollis Haupt 1956 [replaced name]

Full reference: H. Goecke. 1959. Kleine Mitteilungen 1614. Entomologische Blätter für Biologie und Systematik der Käfer 184

Belongs to Donacia according to J. A. Santiago-Blay 1994

See also Goecke 1959, Goecke 1961 and Haupt 1956

Sister taxa: Donacia (Cyphogaster), Donacia (Donacia), Donacia (Donaciomima), Donacia anetae, Donacia cinerea, Donacia clavipes, Donacia connelli, Donacia crassipes, Donacia dentata, Donacia disjecta, Donacia dubia, Donacia elongatula, Donacia flemora, Donacia haupti, Donacia hiurai, Donacia impressa, Donacia jaroslavii, Donacia lenzi, Donacia letzneri, Donacia lignitum, Donacia minuta, Donacia obscura, Donacia obtusa, Donacia palaemonis, Donacia pitoni, Donacia pompatica, Donacia pterobrachys, Donacia rottensis, Donacia semicuprea, Donacia sparganii, Donacia splendens, Donacia splendida, Donacia statzi, Donacia stiria, Donacia stirioides, Donacia tenuipunctata, Donacia thalassina, Donacia voigti, Donacia weigelti, Donacia weylandi, Donacia wightoni

Type specimens:

  • Donacia geiseltali: GPIUH G55/76, an exoskeleton
  • Donacia curticollis: GPIUH G55/76, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Geiseltal (GPIUH collection), which is in a Lutetian mire/swamp lignite/shale in Germany.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Geiseltal (GPIUH collection) (Eocene of Germany)

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