Hemisphaerota

Genus of beetles

Hemisphaerota
Hemisphaerota cyanea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Tribe: Hemisphaerotini
Genus: Hemisphaerota
Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836
Synonyms[1]
  • Porphyraspis Hope, 1840

Hemisphaerota is a genus in the subfamily Cassidinae (tortoise beetles and 'hispines') in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 10 described species in Hemisphaerota.[1][2][3]

Hemisphaerota cyanea

Biology and morphology has been studied.[4] The distribution range is circum-Caribbean.[5]

Species

These 10 species belong to the genus Hemisphaerota:

  • Hemisphaerota besckei (Boheman, 1850)
  • Hemisphaerota cyanea (Say, 1824) (palmetto tortoise beetle)
  • Hemisphaerota fallax (Suffrian, 1868)
  • Hemisphaerota flavipes Zayas, 1989
  • Hemisphaerota gundlachi (Boheman, 1862)
  • Hemisphaerota materna Zayas, 1952
  • Hemisphaerota mulsanti (Boheman, 1856)
  • Hemisphaerota palmarum (Boheman, 1856)
  • Hemisphaerota quadrimaculata Blake
  • Hemisphaerota xanthocera (Boheman, 1850)

References

  1. ^ a b "Hemisphaerota Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ^ "Hemisphaerota". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ^ Chaboo, C.S., & T. Nguyen. 2004. Immatures of Hemisphaerota palmarum (Boheman), with a discussion of the caudal process and shield architecture in the tribe Hemisphaerotini (Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). New Contributions in Biology of the Chrysomelidae: 171–184.
  4. ^ Waite, Evan W.*, & Caroline S. Chaboo. 2021. Aruba is a new country record for Hemisphaerota cyanea (Say, 1824) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Hemisphaerotini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 75(2): 330–333.

Further reading

  • Staines, C. L. (2002). "The New World tribes and genera of hispines (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 104 (3): 721–784. ISSN 0013-8797.
  • Barney, R. J.; Clark, S. M.; Riley, E. G. (2007). "Annotated list of the leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Kentucky: Subfamily Cassidinae". Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science. 68 (2): 132–144. doi:10.3101/1098-7096(2007)68[132:ALOTLB]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 198148537.
  • Borowiec, Lech (1999). A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Biologicae Silesiae. ISBN 978-83-909804-4-7.
  • Riley, Edward G.; Clark, Shawn M.; Seeno, Terry N. (2003). Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Special Publication No. 1. The Coleopterists' Society. ISBN 978-0-9726087-1-8.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26091-7.

External links

  • Media related to Hemisphaerota at Wikimedia Commons
Taxon identifiers
Hemisphaerota
  • Wikidata: Q18116252
  • BioLib: 783080
  • BugGuide: 8905
  • CoL: 62VBD
  • EoL: 110432
  • GBIF: 1048550
  • iNaturalist: 126417
  • IRMNG: 1456529
  • ITIS: 719625
  • Open Tree of Life: 4603485
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