# Gaberella

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***Gaberella*** is a genus of [leaf beetles](/source/Leaf_beetle) in the subfamily [Eumolpinae](/source/Eumolpinae), found in [Africa](/source/Africa).[3] It contains only one species, ***Gaberella costata***, which was first described by [Joseph Sugar Baly](/source/Joseph_Sugar_Baly) in 1878 and was originally placed in the genus *[Menius](/source/Menius_(beetle))*.[1]

## Description

*G. costata* has a very rounded body, which is 3 millimetres (0.12 in) in length. The head is deeply inserted into the thorax, and both the head and prothorax are turned strongly downwards.[1] The front legs of the males have a highly enlarged first tarsomere (segment of the [tarsus](/source/Arthropod_leg#Tarsus)).[4]

## Distribution

*G. costata* is recorded from [Bioko Island](/source/Bioko_Island), [Ivory Coast](/source/Ivory_Coast), [Cameroon](/source/Cameroon), [Gabon](/source/Gabon), the [Republic of the Congo](/source/Republic_of_the_Congo), the [Democratic Republic of Congo](/source/Democratic_Republic_of_Congo), [Sudan](/source/Sudan) and [Uganda](/source/Uganda).[5][4]

## References

1. Selman, B. J. (1965). ["A revision of the Nodini and a key to the genera of Eumolpidae of Africa (Coleoptera: Eumolpidae)"](https://archive.org/download/biostor-86049/biostor-86049.pdf). *Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology*. **16** (3): 141–174. [doi:10.5962/bhl.part.21864](https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.21864)

1. Baly, J. S. (1878). ["Diagnosis of a new genus and some undescribed species of African Phytophaga"](https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8951681). *[The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine](/source/The_Entomologist's_Monthly_Magazine)*. **14**: 177–179. [doi:10.5962/bhl.part.22827](https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.22827)

1. ["Gaberella"](http://www.chrysomelidae.it/afr_Eum/genere_Gaberella.html). *African Eumolpinae site*. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

1. Zoia, S. (2017). ["The Eumolpinae of São Thomé, Príncipe & Bioko Islands from the collections of the Museo civico di Storia naturale "G. Doria", Genoa (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)"](http://www.chrysomelidae.it/Chrysomelidae/pubblicazioni-pdf-scaricabili/Zoia%202017%20Eumolpinae%20Sao%20Thom%C3%A9%20Bioko%20Principe.pdf). *Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova*. **110**: 325–398.

1. Selman, B. J. (1973). ["Coleoptera from North-East Africa. Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae. (Zoological contribution from the Finnish expeditions to the Sudan No. 34)"](http://bionames.org/references/ff43482cd46240c4944ee93163a6b26f). *Notulae Entomologicae*. **53** (4): 159–166.

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