Cazeresia
Genus of leaf beetles from New Caledonia
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Cazeresia is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae that is endemic to New Caledonia.[2] After recent revision, it now contains several species, many only recently described.[3] It previously contained only one species, Cazeresia montana, found at 1,450 m and above on Mount Humboldt in the South Province of New Caledonia. Adults of C. montana were found on Dracophyllum involucratum, a species of plant in the family Epacridaceae. According to Jolivet et al. (2005), most probably the larvae feed on the roots of this plant.
| Cazeresia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Eumolpinae |
| Tribe: | Eumolpini |
| Genus: | Cazeresia Jolivet, Verma & Mille, 2005[1] |
| Type species | |
| Cazeresia montana Jolivet, Verma & Mille, 2005[1] | |
Etymology
The genus is named after Sylvie Cazères, an assistant to the Pocquereux entomological group from the Institut Agronomique néo-Calédonien. Sylvie Cazères collected specimens of C. montana and other species of leaf beetles.[1]
Species
- Cazeresia australis Gómez-Zurita & Cardoso, 2025 – New Caledonia
- Cazeresia clipeata Gómez-Zurita & Cardoso, 2025 – New Caledonia
- Cazeresia corrugata Gómez-Zurita & Cardoso, 2025 – New Caledonia
- Cazeresia globosa Gómez-Zurita & Cardoso, 2025 – New Caledonia
- Cazeresia gracilis Gómez-Zurita & Cardoso, 2025 – New Caledonia
- Cazeresia holosericea Gómez-Zurita & Cardoso, 2025 – New Caledonia
- Cazeresia humboldtiana (Heller, 1916) – New Caledonia
- Cazeresia imperiosa Gómez-Zurita & Cardoso, 2025 – New Caledonia
- Cazeresia impressicornis Gómez-Zurita & Cardoso, 2025 – New Caledonia
- Cazeresia kanalensis (Perroud, 1864) – New Caledonia
- Cazeresia laevigata Gómez-Zurita & Cardoso, 2025 – New Caledonia
- Cazeresia laticollis Gómez-Zurita & Cardoso, 2025 – New Caledonia
- Cazeresia maquis Gómez-Zurita & Cardoso, 2025 – New Caledonia
- Cazeresia montana Jolivet, Verma & Mille, 2005 – New Caledonia
- Cazeresia ovata Gómez-Zurita & Cardoso, 2025 – New Caledonia
- Cazeresia parentalis Gómez-Zurita & Cardoso, 2025 – New Caledonia
- Cazeresia petitpierrei Gómez-Zurita & Cardoso, 2025 – New Caledonia
- Cazeresia robusta Gómez-Zurita & Cardoso, 2025 – New Caledonia
- Cazeresia spadicea Gómez-Zurita & Cardoso, 2025 – New Caledonia
- Cazeresia striata (Jolivet, Verma & Mille, 2007) – New Caledonia
- Cazeresia subgeminata Gómez-Zurita & Cardoso, 2025 – New Caledonia
- Cazeresia thyiana (Jolivet, Verma & Mille, 2008) – New Caledonia
- Cazeresia tibialis Gómez-Zurita & Cardoso, 2025 – New Caledonia
- Cazeresia tricolor Gómez-Zurita & Cardoso, 2025 – New Caledonia
- Cazeresia wanati Gómez-Zurita & Cardoso, 2025 – New Caledonia
