Phainodina is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae, that is distributed in New Guinea. It resembles the genera Rhyparida and Rhyparidella, but differs from the former by its lack of a "Y"-shaped suture on the frontoclypeus (a combined frons and clypeus, making up part of the face), and from the latter by having a larger tooth on the underside of each femur on the legs, having a more swollen prothorax that generally lacks punctures, and being generally quite convex and evenly rounded at the sides. The name of the genus refers to the beetles being shiny and Nodina-shaped.
Species
- Phainodina alphiniae <small>Gressitt, 1969</small> â Western New Guinea: West Papua (Fakfak)
- Phainodina alticola <small>Gressitt, 1969</small> â Papua New Guinea (Enga)
- Phainodina antennalis <small>Medvedev, 2009</small> â Western New Guinea: West Papua (Arfak Mountains)
- Phainodina brandtella <small>Gressitt, 1969</small> â Papua New Guinea (Western)
- Phainodina femorata <small>Medvedev, 2009</small> â Papua New Guinea (Sandaun), Western New Guinea: Highland Papua (Jayawijaya)
- Phainodina guineensis <small>(Bryant, 1950)</small> â Biak, Yapen
- Phainodina ornata <small>Gressitt, 1969</small> â Papua New Guinea (Western Highlands, Chimbu, Southern Highlands), Star Mountains, Western New Guinea: Central Papua (Paniai), West Papua (Fakfak)
- Phainodina picta <small>(Baly, 1867)</small> â Western New Guinea: West Papua (Manokwari, Bomberai Peninsula)
- Phainodina riedeli <small>Medvedev, 2009</small> â Western New Guinea: West Papua (Manokwari, Arfak Mountains)
- Phainodina strigicollis <small>Medvedev, 2017</small> â Western New Guinea (Bird's Head Peninsula)
- Phainodina stygica <small>Gressitt, 1969</small> â Western New Guinea: Papua (Jayapura), Biak
- Phainodina subcorrugata <small>Gressitt, 1969</small> â Western New Guinea: Central Papua (Paniai, Dogiyai)
- Phainodina thoracica <small>Medvedev, 2017</small> â Western New Guinea (Bird's Head Peninsula)
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