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
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 cyanea

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

Species

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These 10 species belong to the genus Hemisphaerota:

References

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  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.

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