Genus of leaf beetles from Australia
Eboo is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is endemic to Australia, and contains approximately 50 species. Many of these species show strong sexual dimorphism, and they feed primarily on "Eucalyptus" plants.
This genus was previously known as "Tomyris" (named by Félicien Chapuis in 1874) or "Odontionopa" (named by Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson in 1842). However, both of these names were found to be preoccupied, and the genus was renamed to "Eboo" by C. A. M. Reid in 1993. The generic name is a phonetic rendering of "ibu", the Indonesian word for "mother".
The genus is placed in the subtribe Ebooina, also named by Reid, a replacement name for "Tomyrina".
Species.
Species include:
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Synonyms:
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