Isotes is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are currently about 180 described species in Isotes. They are found in the Neotropics.[1][2][3][4]

Isotes
Isotes spilothorax, Brazil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Galerucinae
Tribe: Luperini
Subtribe: Diabroticina
Genus: Isotes
Weise, 1922
Isotes tetraspilota, Mexico
Isotes octosignata, Mexico

Species

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These 59 species are among those that belong to the genus Isotes:[2][3][4]

References

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  1. ^ "Isotes". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
  2. ^ a b Rodrigues, Juliana M. S.; Mermudes, José Ricardo M. (2015). "Comparative morphology of the type-species of Isotes and Synbrotica (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae), with a new synonymy of species". Iheringia, Série Zoologia. 105 (4): 439–452. doi:10.1590/1678-476620151054439452.
  3. ^ a b Rodrigues, Juliana M. S.; Mermudes, José Ricardo M. (2016). "New records and distributional notes for the Neotropical genus Isotes Weise, 1922 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae)". Check List. 12 (1): 1848. doi:10.15560/12.1.1848.
  4. ^ a b 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. Bibcode:2017ZooK..720...91N. doi:10.3897/zookeys.720.13517. PMC 5740445. PMID 29290727.