''Lachnaia'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
leaf beetles in the subfamily
Cryptocephalinae
The Cryptocephalinae are a subfamily of the leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae), and belong to the group of case-bearing leaf beetles called the Camptosomata.
The tribes Fulcidacini and Clytrini
The Clytrini are a tribe within the leaf beetle sub ...
, tribe
Clytrini
The Clytrini are a tribe within the leaf beetle subfamily Cryptocephalinae, though historically they were often treated as a distinct subfamily, Clytrinae. As the other Cryptocephalinae, they belong to the group of case-bearing leaf beetles know ...
. Multiple species in this genus are known to be
myrmecophile
Myrmecophily ( , ) is the term applied to positive interspecies associations between ants and a variety of other organisms, such as plants, other arthropods, and fungi. Myrmecophily refers to mutualistic associations with ants, though in its m ...
s, such as the larvae of ''L. italica''.
Species
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Lachnaia caprai''
Grasso, 1958
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Lachnaia cylindrica''
(Lacordaire, 1848)
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Lachnaia hirta''
(Fabricius, 1801)
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Lachnaia italica''
Weise, 1881
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Lachnaia orientalis''
Weise, 1881
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Lachnaia paradoxa''
(GA Olivier, 1808)
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Lachnaia pseudobarathraea''
K. Daniel & J. Daniel, 1898
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Lachnaia pubescens''
(Dufour, 1820)
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Lachnaia puncticollis''
Chevrolat, 1840
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Lachnaia sexpunctata''
(Scopoli, 1763)
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Lachnaia tristigma''
(Lacordaire, 1848)
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Lachnaia variolosa''
(Linnaeus, 1767)
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Lachnaia zoiai''
Regalin, 1997
References
Clytrini
Chrysomelidae genera
Taxa named by Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat
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