Selmania
Genus of leaf beetles from Africa
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Selmania is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae, found in Africa.[3] Most of the species in the genus were originally placed in Rhembastus.[2]
| Selmania | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Eumolpinae |
| Tribe: | Typophorini |
| Genus: | Selmania Zoia, 2019[1] |
| Type species | |
| Rhembastus colasposomoides Burgeon, 1941 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Massartia Selman, 1965 (nec Conrad, 1926, nec Schouteden, 1952)[2] | |
The genus was originally named Massartia by Brian John Selman in 1965, but it was later found that the name had already been used for a dinoflagellate and a hemipteran. Because of this, Stefano Zoia renamed the genus to Selmania in 2019.[1]
Species
Eight species are included in the genus:[1]
- Selmania albertiana (Burgeon, 1941) – DR Congo, Ivory Coast
- Selmania colasposomoides (Burgeon, 1941) – DR Congo
- Selmania hartmanni Zoia, 2019 – Zambia, DR Congo
- Selmania irregularis (Jacoby, 1900)[4] – DR Congo
- Selmania minima (Burgeon, 1942)[5] – DR Congo, Sudan
- Selmania nigrita (Selman, 1972)[6] – DR Congo
- Selmania schoutedeni (Burgeon, 1941) – DR Congo
- Selmania sprecherae (Zoia, 2010)[7] – Tanzania, Kenya