Genus Monolepta Chevrolat, 1837

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Regional Maps

• Monolepta Chevrolat, L.A.A. 1837. Chrysomélidae. pp. 385-503 in Dejean, P.F.M.A. Catalogue des Coléoptères de la Collection de M. le Comte Dejean. Troisièeme édition, revue, corrigée et augmentée. Paris : Méquignon Marvis Fasc. Vol. 5 xiv 385-503 pp. [407].
• Cnecodes Motschulsky, V. 1858. Insectes des Indes orientales. Études Entomologiques 7: 20-122 [100].
• Damais Jacoby, M. 1903. Descriptions of the new genera and species of phytophagous Coleoptera obtained by Mr H.L. Andrews and Mr T.R.D. Bell at the Nilgiri Hills and Kanara. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 47: 80-128 [118].
• Mesolepta Kirby, W.F. 1880. Zoological Record. Insecta, section 12. London : Zoological Society Vol. 17 238 pp. [96] [error for Monolepta].
• Ochralea Clark, H. 1865. Descriptions of species of Phytophaga received from Pulo Penang or its neighbourhood. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 15: 139–148 [Feb. 1865] [144].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Gemminger, M. & Harold, E. von 1876. Tom XII, Monachii. Catalogus Coleopterum hucusque descriptorum synonymicus et systematicus. 3823 pp. [3593] (Cnecodes Motschulsky, 1858: 100 junior synonym Monolepta Erichson, 1843: 265)
• Maulik, S. 1936. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae (Galerucinae). London. 1-648 pp. [373] (Damais Jacoby, 1903: 118 junior synonym Monolepta Erichson, 1843: 265)
• Hincks, W.D. 1949. Some nomenclatorial notes on Chrysomelidae (Col.). No1, Galerucinae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2(12): 607-622 [617] (Ochralea Clark, 1865: 144 junior synonym Monolepta Erichson, 1843: 265)

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