Lachnaia Explained

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. ^[1]

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

Notes and References

1. Agrain . Federico . Buffington . Matthew . Chaboo . Caroline . Chamorro . Maria . Schöller . Matthias . Leaf beetles are ant-nest beetles: the curious life of the juvenile stages of case-bearers (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae) . ZooKeys . Pensoft Publishers . 547 . 2015-12-17 . 1313-2970 . 10.3897/zookeys.547.6098 . 133–164 . 26798319 . 4714338 . free .