Selmania

Genus of leaf beetles from Africa

Selmania

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Coleoptera
Suborder:  | Polyphaga
Infraorder:  | Cucujiformia
Family:  | Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:  | Eumolpinae
Tribe:  | Typophorini
Genus:  | Selmania
Zoia, 2019[1]
Type species
Rhembastus colasposomoides

Burgeon, 1941

Synonyms

Massartia Selman, 1965 (nec Conrad, 1926, nec Schouteden, 1952)[2]

Selmania is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae, found in Africa.[3] Most of the species in the genus were originally placed in Rhembastus.[2]

The genus was originally named Massartia by Brian John Selman in 1965, but it was later found that the name had already been used for a dinoflagellate and a hemipteran. Because of this, Stefano Zoia renamed the genus to Selmania in 2019.[1]

## Species

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Eight species are included in the genus:[1]

* Selmania albertiana (Burgeon, 1941)
* Selmania colasposomoides (Burgeon, 1941)
* Selmania hartmanni Zoia, 2019
* Selmania irregularis (Jacoby, 1900)[4]
* Selmania minima (Burgeon, 1942)[5]
* Selmania nigrita (Selman, 1972)[6]
* Selmania schoutedeni (Burgeon, 1941)
* Selmania sprecherae (Zoia, 2010)[7]

## References

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1. ^ a b c Zoia, S (2019). "New data on African Eumolpinae with description of new taxa from the collections of the Natural History Museum of Erfurt (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Vernate. 38: 305–333.
2. ^ a b Selman, B. J. (1965). "A revision of the Nodini and a key to the genera of Eumolpidae of Africa (Coleoptera: Eumolpidae)" (PDF). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 16 (3): 141–174\. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.21864.
3. ^ "Selmania". African Eumolpinae site. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
4. ^ Jacoby, M. (1900). "On new genera and species of Phytophagous Coleoptera from South and Central Africa". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1900: 203–266.
5. ^ Burgeon, L. (1942). "Chrysomelidae - S. Fam. Eumolpinae" (PDF). Exploration du Parc National Albert - Exploratie van het Nationaal Albert Park - Mission/Zending G.F. De Witte (1933-1935). 37: 3–31.
6. ^ Selman, B. J. (1972). "Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Exploration Parc National de la Garamba. Mission H. De Saeger. 55: 1–95.
7. ^ Zoia, S. (2010). "New data on African Eumolpinae from the collections of the Naturhistorisches Museum in Basel (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Entomologica Basiliensia et Collectionis Frey. 32: 323–341.

Taxon identifiers

Selmania|

* Wikidata: Q106966832
* Wikispecies: Selmania
* iNaturalist: 1131526

Massartia|

* Wikidata: Q37027513
* GBIF: 3262644
* IRMNG: 1299691

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