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 | |
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| Hemisphaerota cyanea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Tribe: | Hemisphaerotini |
| Genus: | Hemisphaerota Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836 |
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Biology and morphology has been studied.[4] The distribution range is circum-Caribbean.[5]
Species
editThese 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
edit- ^ a b "Hemisphaerota Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Hemisphaerota". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Hemisphaerota genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
edit- 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
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