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Genus Monolepta Chevrolat, 1837

  • Monolepta Chevrolat, L.A.A. 1837. Chrysomélidae. pp. 385-503 in Dejean, P.F.M.A. Catalogue des Coléoptères de la Collection de M. le Comte Dejean. Troisièeme édition, revue, corrigée et augmentée. Paris : Méquignon Marvis Fasc. Vol. 5 xiv 385-503 pp. [407].
  • Cnecodes Motschulsky, V. von 1858. Entomologie speciale. Insectes des Indes Orientales. Etud. Entomol. pt 7. 20-122 pp. [100].
  • Damais Jacoby, M. 1903. Descriptions of the new genera and species of phytophagous Coleoptera obtained by Mr H.L. Andrews and Mr T.R.D. Bell at the Nilgiri Hills and Kanara. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 47: 80-128 [118].
  • Mesolepta Kirby, W.F. 1880. Zoological Record. Insecta, section 12. London : Zoological Society Vol. 17 238 pp. [96] [error for Monolepta].
  • Ochralea Clark, H. 1865. Descriptions of species of Phytophaga received from Pulo Penang or its neighbourhood. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 15: 139-148 [144].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • Gemminger, M. & Harold, E. von 1876. Tom XII, Monachii. Catalogus Coleopterum hucusque descriptorum synonymicus et systematicus. 3823 pp. [3593] (Cnecodes Motschulsky, 1858: 100 junior synonym Monolepta Erichson, 1843: 265)
  • Hincks, W.D. 1949. Some nomenclatorial notes on Chrysomelidae (Col.). No1, Galerucinae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2(12): 607-622 [617] (Ochralea Clark, 1865: 144 junior synonym Monolepta Erichson, 1843: 265)
  • Maulik, S. 1936. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae (Galerucinae). London. 1-648 pp. [373] (Damais Jacoby, 1903: 118 junior synonym Monolepta Erichson, 1843: 265)

 

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)