Mimastra is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are more than 60 described species in Mimastra. They are found in Indomalaya and the Palearctic.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Mimastra
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Galerucinae
Tribe: Luperini
Subtribe: Luperina
Genus: Mimastra
Baly, 1865
Synonyms[1]
  • Anthraxantha Fairmaire in Deyrolle & Fairmaire, 1878
  • Neoatysa Abdullah & Qureshi, 1968

Species

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These 69 species belong to the genus Mimastra:

References

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  1. ^ a b c Bezděk, J.; Nie, R-E. (2019). "Taxonomical changes and new records of Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) from eastern Palaearctic and Oriental Regions". Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology. 22 (3): 655–665. doi:10.1016/j.aspen.2019.05.002. S2CID 155530357.
  2. ^ "Mimastra". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
  3. ^ Bezděk, Jan (2009). "Revisional study on the genus Mimastra (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae): Species with unmodified protarsomeres in male, Part 1" (PDF). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 49 (2).
  4. ^ Bezděk, Jan (2010). "Revisional Study on the Genus Mimastra (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae), Part 2". Annales Zoologici. 60 (1): 35–46. doi:10.3161/000345410X499506. S2CID 88133949.
  5. ^ Bezděk, Jan (2011). "Revisional study on the genus Mimastra (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae), Part 3: Mimastra oblonga and M. tarsalis species groups". Zootaxa. 2766 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2766.1.2.
  6. ^ Bezděk, Jan; Lee, Chi-Feng (2011). "Revisional Study on the Genus Mimastra (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae), Part 4". Annales Zoologici. 61 (4): 709–729. doi:10.3161/000345411X622543. S2CID 86148473.
  7. ^ Nie, R-E; Bezděk, J.; Yang, X-K (2017). "How many genera and species of Galerucinae s. str. do we know? Updated statistics (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). In: Chaboo CS, Schmitt M (Eds) Research on Chrysomelidae". ZooKeys (720): 91–102. Bibcode:2017ZooK..720...91N. doi:10.3897/zookeys.720.13517. PMC 5740445. PMID 29290727.