Melindea
Genus of leaf beetles from Africa
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Melindea is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae.[6] It is known from Africa.
| Melindea | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Eumolpinae |
| Tribe: | Euryopini |
| Genus: | Melindea Lefèvre, 1884[1] |
| Type species | |
| Melindea abyssinica | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
Species
- Melindea abyssinica Lefèvre, 1884[1] – Ethiopia
- Melindea brunnea (Jacoby, 1901)[3] – Zimbabwe, DR Congo
- Melindea denticrus (Burgeon, 1941) – Cameroon
- Melindea ferruginipes (Weise, 1924)[7] – DR Congo, Ivory Coast
- Melindea limbata (Pic, 1923)[5] – Ethiopia
- Melindea nigripes (Bryant, 1954)[8] – Kenya
- Melindea nigrita (Jacoby, 1901)[3] – Ethiopia, Kenya, DR Congo, Uganda, Sudan
- Melindea nigritarsis (Bryant, 1954)[8] – Ethiopia
- Melindea opaca (Weise, 1915) – DR Congo
- Melindea pubescens (Bryant, 1941)[9] – Senegal
- Melindea robusta (Pic, 1923)[5] – Ethiopia
- Melindea rufescens (Pic, 1950) – Niger: Aïr Mountains
- Melindea semifulva (Bryant, 1954)[8] – Kenya
- Melindea virescens (Lefèvre, 1885)[10][11] – Ethiopia