Zohrana
Genus of leaf beetles
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Zohrana is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae.[3] It is known from Africa. It is also sometimes known as Zohranus.
| Zohrana | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Eumolpinae |
| Tribe: | Typophorini |
| Genus: | Zohrana Aslam, 1968[1] |
| Type species | |
| Liniscus sansibaricus | |
| Synonyms | |
The genus was originally named Liniscus by Édouard Lefèvre in 1885; however, this name was preoccupied by Liniscus Dujardin, 1844 (a nematode genus), so it was renamed to Zohrana by N. A. Aslam in 1968.
Species
- Zohrana koulmannensis (Selman, 1963)[4]
- Zohrana puncticollis (Bryant, 1959)
- Zohrana rhodesiana (Achard, 1925)
- Zohrana sansibarica (Lefèvre, 1885)[2]
- Zohrana semistriata (Pic, 1950)
- Zohrana semiviridis (Pic, 1939)[5]
- Zohrana substriatipennis (Pic, 1939)[5]
- Zohrana substriata (Weise, 1909)[6]
- Zohrana sudanica (Weise, 1926)
- Zohrana testacea (Pic, 1939)[5]
- Zohrana usambarica (Weise, 1909)[6]