Exochognathus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is endemic to Cuba, and contains only one species, Exochognathus limbatus.[1][2] It was described by the American entomologist Doris Holmes Blake in 1946.[1]

Exochognathus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Eumolpini
Genus: Exochognathus
Blake, 1946[1]
Species:
E. limbatus
Binomial name
Exochognathus limbatus
Blake, 1946

References

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  1. ^ a b c Blake, D. H. (1946). "Seven new species of West Indian Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 48 (5): 111–119.
  2. ^ Peck, Stewart B.; Perez-Gelabert, Daniel E. (2012). "A summary of the endemic beetle genera of the West Indies (Insecta: Coleoptera); bioindicators of the evolutionary richness of this Neotropical archipelago" (PDF). Insecta Mundi (212): 1–29.[permanent dead link]