Biology:Rosiroia

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Short description: Genus of leaf beetles from Madagascar

Rosiroia
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Rosiroiini
Bechyné, 1950[1]
Genus: Rosiroia
Bechyné, 1950[1]
Species:
R. anisotomoides
Binomial name
Rosiroia anisotomoides
Bechyné, 1950[1]

Rosiroia is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It contains only one species, Rosiroia anisotomoides, and is the only member of the tribe Rosiroiini. It was described by the Czech entomologist Jan Bechyné in 1950. It is found in Madagascar .[2] The genus is dedicated to Rosetta Roi (later Rosetta Kadlec), a taxidermist who worked at the Museum G. Frey.[1][3]

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