Acrothinium gaschkevitchii is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is distributed in East Asia.[2]
| Acrothinium gaschkevitchii | |
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| Acrothinium gaschkevitchii, Tanabe City, Wakayama Pref., Japan | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Eumolpinae |
| Tribe: | Bromiini |
| Genus: | Acrothinium |
| Species: | A. gaschkevitchii
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| Binomial name | |
| Acrothinium gaschkevitchii (Motschulsky, 1861)[1]
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| Synonyms | |
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Chrysochus gaschkevitchii Motschulsky, 1861 | |
Etymology
editThe species is named after the wife of Russian diplomat Iosif Goshkevich. She had sent Motschulsky a collection of insects from Japan, including specimens of Acrothinium gaschkevitchii, that she had collected in the vicinity of her residence at Hakodate and during her trips between Honshu and Hokkaido.[1][3]
Subspecies
editThere are five subspecies of A. gaschkevitchii:[2]
- Acrothinium gaschkevitchii gaschkevitchii (Motschulsky, 1861) – China (Fujian, Jiangxi, Zhejiang), Taiwan, Japan, South Korea[4]
- Acrothinium gaschkevitchii matsuii Nakane, 1956 – Japan (Okinoerabu)
- Acrothinium gaschkevitchii okinawense Nakane, 1985 – Japan (Okinawa)
- Acrothinium gaschkevitchii shirakii Nakane, 1956 – Japan (Amami Ōshima, Okinawa)
- Acrothinium gaschkevitchii tokaraense Nakane, 1956 – Japan (Tokara Islands)
References
edit- ^ a b Motschulsky, V. de (1861). "Insectes du Japon". Études Entomologiques. 9: 4–39.
- ^ a b Moseyko, A. G.; Sprecher-Uebersax, E. (2010). "Eumolpinae". In Löbl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. pp. 619–643. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2.
- ^ Marshall, T. A. (1864). "Corynodinorum Recensio". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 8 (29): 24–50. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1864.tb02004.x.
- ^ Cho, H.-W.; An, S.L. (2020). "An annotated checklist of leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of the Korean Peninsula, with comments and new records". Far Eastern Entomologist. 404: 1–36. doi:10.25221/fee.404.1.
External links
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