Eocenocolaspis Bukejs et al. 2022 (leaf beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae

Full reference: A. Bukejs, A. G. Moseyko, and V. I. Alekseev. 2022. Eocenocolaspis gen. nov., a new genus of Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from Baltic amber preserving metallic sheen from the Eocene epoch. Historical Biology 35:1771-1777

Parent taxon: Eumolpini according to A. Bukejs et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Colaspis, Colaspoides, Eoeumolpinus, Paleomolpus

Subtaxa: Eocenocolaspis aurichalceus

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Type: Eocenocolaspis aurichalceus

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (University of Gdansk MAI collection) (Eocene of Poland)

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