Apterodina

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Cladus: Phytophaga
Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Eumolpinae
Tribus: Eumolpini
Genus: Apterodina
Species: A. achuparia – A. bechynei – A. bucki – A. granulifera – A. ruminyahui
Name

Apterodina Bechyné, 1954: 157

Type species: Apterodina bucki Bechyné, 1954, by original designation.
References
Primary references

Bechyné, J. 1954. La liste des Eumolpides de Rio Grande do Sul (Brésil) et observations diverses sur les espéces néotropicales. Arquivos do Museu Paranaense 10: 141–226. PDF. [note: pages 196–199 are missing from PDF] Reference page.

Additional references

Flowers, R.W. 2004. New flightless Eumolpinae of the genera Apterodina Bechyné and Brachypterodina n. gen. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from the Neotropics. Zootaxa 549: 1–18. Abstract & excerpt PDF DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.549.1.1 Open access. Reference page.
Flowers, R.W. 2009. A second species of Apterodina (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) from Ecuador. Zootaxa 2131: 65–68. Abstract & excerpt PDF. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2131.1.3 [nonfunctional] Broken access. Reference page.

Links

Apterodina. Chrysomelidae @ MIZA.

Apterodina is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known from Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador. It was first described by the Czech entomologist Jan Bechyné in 1954. All species of the genus have greatly reduced hind wings.
Species

Apterodina achuparia Flowers, 2009[2]
Apterodina bechynei Flowers, 2004[3]
Apterodina bucki Bechyné, 1954[1]
Apterodina granulifera Bechyné & Bechyné, 1964[4]
Apterodina ruminyahui Flowers, 2004[3]

References

Bechyné, J. (1954). "La liste des Eumolpides de Rio Grande do Sul (Brésil) et observations diverses sur les espéces néotropicales" (PDF). Arquivos do Museu Paranaense. 10: 141–226. (note: pages 196–199 are missing in the PDF)
Flowers, R. Wills (2009). "A second species of Apterodina (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) from Ecuador" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2131: 65–68.
Flowers, R. Wills (2004). "New flightless Eumolpinae of the genera Apterodina Bechyné and Brachypterodina n. gen. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from the Neotropics" (PDF). Zootaxa. 549 (1): 1–18. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.549.1.1.
Bechyné, J.; Springlová de Bechyné, B. (1964). "Notes sur quelques Chrysomeloidea Néotropicaux (Col. Phytophaga)" (PDF). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia. 11: 117–137.