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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Galerucinae |
| Tribe: | Metacyclini |
| Genus: | Malacorhinus Jacoby, 1887 |
Malacorhinus is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 30 described species in Malacorhinus. They are found in North America and the Neotropics.
In Australia, the species Malacorhinus irregularis was introduced to Northern Territory in 2000 as a biological control agent against the weed Mimosa pigra.
Species
These 10 species belong to the genus Malacorhinus:
- Malacorhinus acaciae (Schaeffer, 1906)
- Malacorhinus apicalis Jacoby, 1887
- Malacorhinus biplagiatus Jacoby, 1887
- Malacorhinus decempunctatus Jacoby, 1887
- Malacorhinus dilaticornis Jacoby, 1887
- Malacorhinus exclamationis Jacoby, 1892
- Malacorhinus foveipennis (Jacoby, 1879)
- Malacorhinus irregularis (Jacoby, 1887)
- Malacorhinus knullorum Wilcox, 1951
- Malacorhinus tilghmani Mignot, 1970 (replacement name for Malacorhinus tripunctatus (Jacoby, 1879))
References
- "Malacorhinus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- "Malacorhinus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- "Malacorhinus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- "Biological Control of Mimosa – Malacorhinus – Root Feeding Beetle" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. January 2018. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
- "Mimosa meets its matches". News in Science. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 8 August 2002. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
- Mignot, E.C. (1970). "A replacement name for Malacorhinus tripunctata (Jacoby) Galerucinae: Chrysomelidae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 24 (2): 59.
Further reading
- Nie, R-E; Bezděk, J.; Yang, X-K (2017). "How many genera and species of Galerucinae s. str. do we know? Updated statistics (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). In: Chaboo CS, Schmitt M (Eds) Research on Chrysomelidae". ZooKeys (720): 91–102. Bibcode:2017ZooK..720...91N. doi:10.3897/zookeys.720.13517. PMC 5740445. PMID 29290727.
- Wilcox, John A. (1965). A Synopsis of the North American Galerucinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). New York State Museum and Science Service.
- Riley, Edward G.; Clark, Shawn M.; Seeno, Terry N. (2003). Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Special Publication No. 1. The Coleopterists' Society. ISBN 978-0-9726087-1-8.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26091-7.
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