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Lachnaia
Sign in to saveLachnaia is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Cryptocephalinae, tribe Clytrini. Multiple species in this genus are known to be myrmecophiles, such as the larvae of L. italica.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 68
- With media
- 276
- Family
- Chrysomelidae
- Collections
- SAM, NRM, TAMU, MNHN, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- South Africa, Italy, France, Spain, Afrique Du Sud
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Lachnaia is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Cryptocephalinae, tribe Clytrini. Multiple species in this genus are known to be myrmecophiles, such as the larvae of L. italica.
==Species== Lachnaia caprai Grasso, 1958 Lachnaia cylindrica (Lacordaire, 1848) Lachnaia hirta (Fabricius, 1801) Lachnaia italica Weise, 1881 Lachnaia orientalis Weise, 1881 Lachnaia paradoxa (GA Olivier, 1808) Lachnaia pseudobarathraea K. Daniel & J. Daniel, 1898 Lachnaia pubescens (Dufour, 1820) Lachnaia puncticollis Chevrolat, 1840 Lachnaia sexpunctata (Scopoli, 1763) Lachnaia tristigma (Lacordaire, 1848) Lachnaia variolosa (Linnaeus, 1767) Lachnaia zoiai Regalin, 1997
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