Nestinus Clark, 1865

Viswajyothi, Keezhpattillam & Clark, Shawn M., 2022, New World genera of Galerucinae Latreille, 1802 (tribes Galerucini Latreille, 1802, Metacyclini Chapuis, 1875, and Luperini Gistel, 1848): an annotated list and identification key (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 842, pp. 1-102 : 7

Genus Nestinus Clark, 1865

Nestinus Clark, 1865: 324

(type species Nestinus bimaculatus Clark, 1865 , by subsequent designation of Barber in Blake 1931).

Monotia Jacoby, 1879: 787

(type species Monotia viridis Jacoby, 1879 , by monotypy).

Remarks

This genus includes seven described species, occurring in Mexico and Guatemala. See Fig. 19 for a habitus illustration. The genus also includes N. incertus Clark, 1865 , from Brazil, but the generic placement of this species is extremely doubtful.

Figures

Figs 19–27.Dorsal views. 19. Nestinus bimaculatus Clark, 1865.20. Diorhabda carinulata (Desbrochers, 1870). 21. Apteroyinga andrewsi Viswajyothi & Clark, 2020. 22. Tricholochmaea cavicollis (LeConte, 1865). 23. Pyrrhalta viburni (Paykull, 1799).24. Xanthogaleruca luteola (Müller, 1766).25. Galerucella nymphaeae (Linnaeus, 1758). 26. Itaitubana lineatipennis (Jacoby, 1886). 27. Itaitubana alternata (Jacoby, 1886).