''Agetinella'' is a genus of
leaf beetles in the subfamily
Eumolpinae. It contains only one species, ''Agetinella minuta'', which is known from
Swan River in Western Australia. The genus and species were first described by the German entomologist
Martin Jacoby
Martin Jacoby (12 April 1842, Altona – 24 December 1907, London) was a German entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera, especially Chrysomelidae (formerly known as Phytophaga). He was also a musician who played in the orchestra of the Royal I ...
, in an article posthumously published in 1908. The genus was originally assigned to the tribe
Eumolpini, but later leaf beetle classifications instead place it as ''
incertae sedis'' within Eumolpinae.
In a 1990 PhD thesis by Chris A.M. Reid, it was determined that ''Agetinella'' actually belonged to
Cryptocephalinae, and is a synonym of ''
Leasia''.
Because the dissertation is considered to be unpublished according to the
International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, this nomenclatural act is not valid.
References
External links
Genus ''Agetinella'' Jacoby, 1908at
Australian Faunal Directory
Eumolpinae
Monotypic Chrysomelidae genera
Beetles of Australia
Taxa named by Martin Jacoby
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