Mahatsinia
| Mahatsinia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Cassidinae |
| Tribe: | Aspidimorphini |
| Genus: | Mahatsinia Spaeth, 1919 |
| Species: | M. nodulosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Mahatsinia nodulosa | |
| Synonyms | |
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Mahatsinia is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Mahatsinia nodulosa, which is found in central and eastern Madagascar.[2]
Description
[edit]Adults reach a length of about 5.3–5.5 mm. The pronotum is yellow with a black disc black. The elytral disc is also black, with yellow elevations.
Life history
[edit]No host plant has been documented for this species.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ BioLib – Tribe Aspidimorphini Chapuis, 1875
- ↑ Borowiec, Lech; Świętojańska, Jolanta. "Genus: Mahatsinia Spaeth, 1919". Cassidinae of the world – an interactive manual. Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, University of Wroclaw. Retrieved 2025-10-21.
- ↑ The Tortoise beetles of Madagascar (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) Part 1: Basiprionotini, Aspidimorphini and Cassidini (except the genus Cassida)