Asphaera
Asphaera is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 15 described species in Asphaera. They are found in North America, Central America, and the Neotropics.[1][2][3][4]
| Asphaera | |
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| Asphaera lustrans | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Galerucinae |
| Tribe: | Alticini |
| Genus: | Asphaera Duponchel & Chevrolat, 1842 |
Species
These 15 species belong to the genus Asphaera:
- 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
- "Asphaera Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- "Asphaera". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- "Asphaera genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- Nadein, K. S. (2013). "Catalogue of Alticini genera of the World (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Zoological Institute, Saint-Petersburg. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
Further reading
- Barney, R. J.; Clark, S. M.; Riley, E. G. (2009). "Annotated list of the leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Kentucky: Subfamily Galerucinae, Tribe Alticini". Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science. 70 (1): 29–55. doi:10.3101/1098-7096-70.1.29.
- Nie, R-E; Bezděk, J.; Yang, X-K (2017). "How many genera and species of Galerucinae s. str. do we know? Updated statistics (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). In: Chaboo CS, Schmitt M (Eds) Research on Chrysomelidae". ZooKeys (720): 91–102. doi:10.3897/zookeys.720.13517. PMC 5740445. PMID 29290727.
- Wilcox, John A. (1965). A Synopsis of the North American Galerucinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). New York State Museum and Science Service.
- 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.
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