Afrocleta, Szawaryn & Tomaszewska, 2020

Szawaryn, Karol & Tomaszewska, Wioletta, 2020, Replacement name for Cleta Mulsant, 1850 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Epilachnini), Zootaxa 4869 (1), pp. 149-150 : 149

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4869.1.9
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4418212
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FB8287D7-4FDD-4E41-A55D-27FE18C95D15
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:FB8287D7-4FDD-4E41-A55D-27FE18C95D15
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Afrocleta
status	nom. nov.

Treatment

Afrocleta nom. nov.

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Type species: Epilachna eckloni Mulsant, 1850

Cleta Mulsant, 1850: 866 [as subgenus Epilachna (Cleta) ] (nec Cleta Duponchel, 1845, Lepidoptera : Geometridae ). Type species: Epilachna eckloni Mulsant, 1850 (by subsequent designation by Jadwiszczak & Węgrzynowicz 2003: 9). As genus Cleta Mulsant, 1850 in Tomaszewska & Szawaryn 2016: 74.

Hypsa Mulsant, 1850: 860 [as subgenus Epilachna (Hypsa) ]. Type species: Epilachna nigrolimbata J. Thomson, 1875 (by subsequent designation by Korschefsky 1931: 18). Synonymized by Tomaszewska & Szawaryn, 2016: 74.

Chazeauiana Tomaszewska & Szawaryn in Szawaryn et al., 2015: 564. Type species: Epilachna sahlbergi Mulsant, 1850 (by original designation). Synonymized by Tomaszewska & Szawaryn, 2016: 74.

Etymology. The new genus name refers to Afrotropic Realm where this taxon is distributed, and Cleta – subgenus of Epilachna originally described by Mulsant. Gender. feminine.