Phymatophaea is a genus of checkered beetles in the subfamily Enopliinae.[2]

Phymatophaea
Holotype specimen of Phymatophaea maorias AMNZ84839 held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum
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Phymatophaea

Pascoe, 1876[1]
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Synonyms
  • ?Eumede Pascoe, 1876
  • Mathesis Waterhouse, 1877

The genus consists of 22 species, 21 from New Zealand and one from New Caledonia.

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References

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  1. ^ Pascoe, F.P. 1876: Descriptions of new genera and species of New Zealand Coleoptera. - Part II. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4), 17: 48–60
  2. ^ Opitz, W. (2009). Classification and evolution of the genus Phymatophaea Pascoe from New Zealand and New Caledonia (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Enopliinae). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 39(4), 85–138. https://doi.org/10.1080/03014220909510566
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