Cryocolaspis is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It contains only one species, Cryocolaspis crinita, which is known from the mountains of central Costa Rica. It was first established by the American entomologist R. Wills Flowers in 2004.
| Cryocolaspis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Eumolpinae |
| Tribe: | Bromiini |
| Genus: | Cryocolaspis Flowers, 2004[1] |
| Species: | C. crinita
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| Binomial name | |
| Cryocolaspis crinita Flowers, 2004[1]
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The generic name is said to be a combination of the Greek word cryo (meaning cold) and the eumolpine generic name Colaspis. The specific name, crinita, is the Latin word for hairy.[1] In ancient Greek kryos (κρὐος) is a noun, meaning "icy cold" or "frost".[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c Flowers, R. Wills (2004). "Cryocolaspis, a New Genus and Species of Eumolpinae (Chrysomelidae) from Costa Rica". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 58 (1): 97–101. doi:10.1649/607. JSTOR 4009896. S2CID 85218941.
- ^ Liddell, H.G. & Scott, R. (1940). A Greek-English Lexicon. Revised and augmented throughout by Sir Henry Stuart Jones with the assistance of Roderick McKenzie.Oxford: Clarendon Press.