Lachnaia
| Lachnaia | |
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| Lachnaia trisignata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Cryptocephalinae |
| Tribe: | Clytrini |
| Genus: | Lachnaia Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836 |
Lachnaia is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Cryptocephalinae, tribe Clytrini. Multiple species in this genus are known to be myrmecophiles, such as the larvae of L. italica. [1]
Species[edit]
- Lachnaia caprai Grasso, 1958
- Lachnaia cylindrica (Lacordaire, 1848)
- Lachnaia hirta (Fabricius, 1801)
- Lachnaia italica Weise, 1881
- Lachnaia orientalis Weise, 1881
- Lachnaia paradoxa (GA Olivier, 1808)
- Lachnaia pseudobarathraea K. Daniel & J. Daniel, 1898
- Lachnaia pubescens (Dufour, 1820)
- Lachnaia puncticollis Chevrolat, 1840
- Lachnaia sexpunctata (Scopoli, 1763)
- Lachnaia tristigma (Lacordaire, 1848)
- Lachnaia variolosa (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Lachnaia zoiai Regalin, 1997
References[edit]
- ^ Agrain, Federico; Buffington, Matthew; Chaboo, Caroline; Chamorro, Maria; Schöller, Matthias (2015-12-17). "Leaf beetles are ant-nest beetles: the curious life of the juvenile stages of case-bearers (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae)". ZooKeys (547). Pensoft Publishers: 133–164. doi:10.3897/zookeys.547.6098. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 4714338. PMID 26798319.