Pleronexis

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: Galerucinae
Tribus: Galerucini
Genus: Pleronexis
Species: P. beauforti – P. caledonica – P. sahulensis
Name

Pleronexis Weise, 1908: 321

Type species: Pleronexis beauforti Weise, 1908, by monotypy.
Synonyms

Plesistia Maulik, 1929: 198
Type species: Plesistia brunnea Maulik, 1929 [= Adimonia caledonica Fauvel, 1862], by original designation.

References
Primary references

Maulik, S. 1929. Chrysomelidae; with a note on the comparative anatomy of some Halticine tibiae. Insects of Samoa 4(3): 177–215. BHL.
Weise, J. 1908. Chrysomelidae. Nova Guinea: résultats de l'expédition scientifique néerlandaise à la Nouvelle-Guinée 5(2): 311–349. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Beenen, R. 2008. Contribution to the knowledge of Galerucinae of New Caledonia (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). Genus 19(1): 65–87. PDF.
Beenen, R. & Bezděk, J. 2021. A new, widely distributed, species in the genus Pleronexis Weise, 1908 (Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae). Entomologische Blätter und Coleoptera 117: 25–29. ResearchGate Open access. Reference page.