Australotymnes

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: Australotymnes
Species: A. jipijapa
Name

Australotymnes Flowers, 2009: 65

Type species: Australotymnes jipijapa Flowers, 2009, by original designation
References
Primary references

Flowers, R.W. 2009. A new genus and species of Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from the western dry forest of Ecuador. Zootaxa 2132: 65–68. Abstract & excerpt PDF. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2132.1.4 Open access. Reference page.

Australotymnes is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. The genus contains only one species, Australotymnes jipijapa, found in dry forest in western Ecuador. Adults of the species were collected from vegetation during the rainy season.[1]

The generic name is a combination of Australo, from the Latin word australis (meaning "south"), and tymnes, from the genus Tymnes (which Australotymnes strongly resembles). The species is named after Jipijapa in the Manabí Province of Ecuador, the nearest town to where the holotype of the species was found.[1]
References

Flowers, R. Wills (2009). "A new genus and species of Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from the western dry forest of Ecuador". Zootaxa. 2132: 65–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2132.1.4. S2CID 4505260.