Capula (beetle) explained
Capula is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. It contains three species distributed in western China. It is a member of the section "Capulites" in the tribe Hylaspini of the subfamily Galerucinae, alongside Furusawaia (including Yunnaniata), Nepalogaleruca and Himaplosonyx. All species in Capula are wingless, a character shared by the other genera in the section Capulites.[1] [2]
Species
The genus contains three species:[1]
- Capula apicalis Chen, Wang & Jiang, 1986 – Sichuan
- Capula caudata Chen, Wang & Jiang, 1986 – Sichuan
- Capula metallica Jacobson, 1925 – Qinghai, Sichuan, Tibet
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Notes and References
- Bezděk. J.. Beenen. R.. 2009. Additions to the description of Yunnaniata konstantinovi Lopatin, 2009, and its classification in the section Capulites (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Hylaspini). Zootaxa. 2303. 45–52. 10.11646/zootaxa.2303.1.2.
- Lee. C.-F.. Bezděk. J.. 2021. Revision of the genus Furusawaia Chûjô, 1962 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae). ZooKeys. 1057. 117–148. 34552370. 10.3897/zookeys.1057.71451. 8417024. free. 2021ZooK.1057..117L .