Novascuta

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Cladus: Phytophaga
Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Galerucinae
Tribus: Alticini
Genus: Novascuta
Species:
Name

Novascuta Özdikmen, 2008: 645

Type species: Ascuta paradoxa Medvedev, 1997, automatic.
Synonyms

Ascuta Medvedev, 1997: 1219 (nom. preocc., nec Ascuta Forster, 1956 (Aranei))
Type species: Ascuta paradoxa Medvedev, 1997
Ascutella Medvedev, 2009 (unnecessary new name)

References

Medvedev, L.N. 2009. [Taxonomical notes on leaf beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)]. Euroasian Entomological Journal 8(1): 57–58 [in Russian, with English summary]. [not seen]
Özdikmen, H. 2008. Substitute names for some preoccupied leaf beetles genus group names described by L. N. Medvedev (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Munis Entomology & Zoology 3(2): 643–647. PDF.