Menippus is a genus of leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae).Galerucinae in Synopsis of the described Coleoptera of the World 13 december 2008
Habitat and Environment This leaf beetle is mostly found in Australia, depending on the stringybark eucalyptus tree for food. The trees are also used to harbor eggs for future larvae.
Species Menippus contains the following species: Menippus aeneipennis Weise, 1892 Menippus asahinai (Chûjô, 1962) Menippus beeneni Lee, Bezděk & Suenaga, 2012 Menippus brevicornis (Jacoby, 1889) Menippus cervinus (Hope, 1831) (synonym: Menippus canellinus Fairmaire, 1889) Menippus clarki Jacoby, 1884 Menippus cynicus Clark, 1864 Menippus darcyi Reid & Nally, 2008 Menippus dimidiaticornis (Jacoby, 1889) Menippus doeberli Suenaga, Lee & Bezděk, 2017 Menippus ewani Reid & Nally, 2008 Menippus fugitivus (Lea, 1926) Menippus gressitti Lee, Bezděk & Suenaga, 2012 Menippus hsuehleeae Lee, Bezděk & Suenaga, 2012 Menippus inconspicua (Jacoby, 1894) Menippus issikii (Chûjô, 1961) Menippus laterimaculata (Jacoby, 1886) Menippus marginipennis (Jacoby, 1894) Menippus metallicus Baly, 1886 Menippus murzini Lee, Bezděk & Suenaga, 2012 Menippus nepalensis Lee, Bezděk & Suenaga, 2012 Menippus nigrocoeruleus Jacoby, 1886 Menippus philippinensis Jacoby, 1894 Menippus sakishimanus Suenaga, Lee & Bezděk, 2017 Menippus sericea (Weise, 1889) Menippus sufi Reid & Nally, 2008 Menippus viridis Duvivier, 1884 Menippus yulensis (Jacoby, 1896)
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