Asphaera is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae, containing some 130 species, found in North America, Central America, and the Neotropics.[3]

Asphaera
Asphaera lustrans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Galerucinae
Tribe: Alticini
Genus: Asphaera
Duponchel & Chevrolat, 1842[1]
Type species
Asphaera subfasciata
Clark, 1865[2]
Synonyms[2]
  • Ptena Chevrolat, 1836
  • Asphaera Chevrolat, 1836
    (nomen nudum)

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Konstantinov, A.S.; Van Roie, M.; Furth, D.; Clark, S.M.; Riley, E.G. (2022). "Flea beetles of the West Indies: Subtribe Oedionychina Chapuis 1875, key to genera, new combinations, synonymy, checklist, and description of new genera and species (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)". Journal of Insect Biodiversity. 33 (1): 1–56. doi:10.12976/jib/2022.33.1.1. S2CID 251366880.
  3. ^ Nadein, K. S. (2013). "Catalogue of Alticini genera of the World (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae): Asphaera Chevrolat, 1843". Zoological Institute, Saint-Petersburg. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  4. ^ "Paralleloptera Bezzi, 1913".
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