Asphaera
Asphaera is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae, containing some 130 species, found in North America, Central America, and the Neotropics.[2]
Asphaera | |
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Asphaera lustrans | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Superfamily: | Chrysomeloidea |
Family: | Chrysomelidae |
Subfamily: | Galerucinae |
Tribe: | Alticini |
Genus: | Asphaera Duponchel & Chevrolat, 1842[1] |
Synonyms | |
Litosonycha Clark, 1865 |
Selected species
- Asphaera abdominalis (Chevrolat, 1835)
- Asphaera bitaeniata (Jacoby, 1880)
- Asphaera cruciata (Olivier, 1808)
- Asphaera discicollis Jacoby, 1905
- Asphaera fuscofasciata Jacoby, 1905
- Asphaera lustrans (Crotch, 1873) (shiny flea beetle)
- Asphaera magistralis
- Asphaera meticulosa
- Asphaera nobilatata (Fabricius, 1887)
- Asphaera quadrifasciata
- Asphaera reflexicollis Bechyne
- Asphaera separata (Harold, 1881)
- Asphaera umbraticus (Olivier, 1808)
- Asphaera vernalis Jacoby, 1905
- Asphaera weyrauchi Bechyne
References
- Duponchel, P.A.J; Chevrolat, L.A.A. (1842). "Asphaera". In d'Orbigny, C. (ed.). Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle. Vol. 2. Paris: MM. Renard, Martinet et Cie. p. 227.
- Nadein, K. S. (2013). "Catalogue of Alticini genera of the World (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae): Asphaera Chevrolat, 1843". Zoological Institute, Saint-Petersburg. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
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