Monolepta is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. It is the most diverse and widely distributed genus in the Galerucinae sensu stricto, with more than 700 described species occurring almost worldwide. It is missing from the Nearctic realm. The genus was first established by Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat in 1836 to include species of Galerucinae with an elongated basi-metatarsus (the first tarsomere of the hind leg). The generic name Monolepta is derived from the Greek μόνος (monos, meaning 'one') and λεπτός (leptos, meaning 'thin, slender'). In 1875, Félicien Chapuis established the supra-generic group "Monoleptites", which included other Galerucinae with an elongated basi-metatarsus. Other genera traditionally placed in this group include, for example, Luperodes, Candezea and Barombiella. The group "Monoleptites" was later found to be polyphyletic, as an elongated basi-metatarsus has evolved multiple times in the Galerucinae. full article at Wikipedia

Specimen Records: 359 Public Records: 308
Specimens with Sequences: 353 Public Species: 46
Specimens with Barcodes: 275 Public BINs: 46
Species: 55          
Species With Barcodes: 39          
           

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 (Monolepta carsteni - CCDB-46111-D08)  @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share-Alike (2024) Hathal M Aldhafer King Saud University, Museum of Arthropods  (Monolepta jacksoni - GibaFo2Col0103)  @13 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved  Unspecified Unspecified  (Monolepta lepida - CCDB-46112-F08)  @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share-Alike (2024) Hathal M Aldhafer King Saud University, Museum of Arthropods  (Monolepta leuce - NMK-ENTO 2190)  @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved  Unspecified Unspecified
 (Monolepta quadriguttata - M2SA8)  @13 [ ] Copyright (2013) Dr.G.D. Khedkar Paul Hebert Center for DNA Barcoding and Biodiversity Studies (Monolepta saudica - CCDB-46111-D10)  @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share-Alike (2024) Hathal M Aldhafer King Saud University, Museum of Arthropods (Monolepta sp - W7BO74)  @12 [ ] Copyright (2013) Dr.G.D. Khedkar Paul Hebert Center for DNA Barcoding and Biodiversity Studies (Monolepta sp. 1 - C8427)  @14 [ ] CreativeCommons – Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2017) Unspecified Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah
 (Monolepta sp. 10 - C8104)  @14 [ ] CreativeCommons – Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2017) Unspecified Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (Monolepta sp. 11 - C8119)  @14 [ ] CreativeCommons – Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2017) Unspecified Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (Monolepta sp. 12 - C9201)  @14 [ ] CreativeCommons – Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2017) Unspecified Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (Monolepta sp. 14 - C9557)  @14 [ ] CreativeCommons – Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2017) Unspecified Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah
 (Monolepta sp. 15 - C8456)  @14 [ ] CreativeCommons – Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2017) Unspecified Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (Monolepta sp. 17 - C9449)  @14 [ ] CreativeCommons – Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2017) Unspecified Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (Monolepta sp. 18 - C9679)  @14 [ ] CreativeCommons – Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2017) Unspecified Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (Monolepta sp. 1MO - CCDB-46112-F07)  @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share-Alike (2024) Hathal M Aldhafer King Saud University, Museum of Arthropods
 (Monolepta sp. 2 - C6931)  @14 [ ] CreativeCommons – Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2017) Unspecified Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (Monolepta sp. 3 - C6924)  @14 [ ] CreativeCommons – Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2017) Unspecified Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (Monolepta sp. 4 - C6921)  @14 [ ] CreativeCommons – Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2017) Unspecified Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (Monolepta sp. 5 - C9718)  @14 [ ] CreativeCommons – Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2017) Unspecified Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah
 (Monolepta sp. 6 - C8531)  @14 [ ] CreativeCommons – Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2017) Unspecified Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (Monolepta sp. 7 - C8426)  @14 [ ] CreativeCommons – Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2017) Unspecified Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (Monolepta sp. 8 - C8314)  @14 [ ] CreativeCommons – Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2017) Unspecified Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (Monolepta sp. 9 - C8525)  @14 [ ] CreativeCommons – Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2017) Unspecified Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah
 (Monolepta sp. SAEVG Morph0375 - CBG-A17759-G02)  @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share - Alike (2023) Centre for Biodiversity Genomics Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (Monolepta sp1 - KEN-MRC-00134)  @13 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share-Alike (2017) HG Wang Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History (Monolepta sp2 - KEN-MRC-00173)  @12 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share-Alike (2017) HG Wang Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
  Sample ID:
KEN-MRC-00173
  License:
CreativeCommons - Attribution Share-Alike (2017)
  License Holder:
HG Wang, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History




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South Africa24South Korea3Philippines1
Pakistan12Australia3Madagascar1
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