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Eboo

{{Short description|Genus of leaf beetles from Australia}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Eboo

| display_parents = 2

| authority = Reid, 1993{{cite journal|first=C. A. M.|last=Reid|year=1993|title=Eboo, nom. nov.: Redescription of Type Species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae)|journal=The Coleopterists Bulletin|volume=47|issue=1|pages=61–67|jstor=4008912}}

| type_species = Odontionopa viridula

| type_species_authority = Erichson, 1842

| synonyms =

  • Odontionopa Erichson, 1842
    (nec Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836)
  • Tomyris Chapuis, 1874
    (nec Eichwald, 1831)    {{cite contribution|last=Chapuis|first=F.|year=1874|title=Tome dixième. Famille des phytophages|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9655043|editor-last1=Lacordaire|editor-first1=J.T.|editor-last2=Chapuis|editor-first2=F.|encyclopedia=Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Genera des coléoptères|volume=10 |publisher=Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret|place=Paris|pages=i–iv, 1–455}}

}}

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 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:{{cite journal|first=A. M.|last=Lea|year=1915|title=Notes on Australian Eumolpides (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae), with descriptions of new species|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35269260|journal=Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia|volume=39|pages=102–339}}

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Category:Eumolpinae

Category:Chrysomelidae genera

Category:Beetles of Australia