Stenispa metallica is a species of tortoise beetle or hispine in the family Chrysomelidae.[1][2][3] It is found in Central America and North America.[2][4][5]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Chrysomelidae |
Genus: | Stenispa |
Species: | S. metallica
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Binomial name | |
Stenispa metallica (Fabricius, 1801)
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References
edit- ^ "Stenispa metallica Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
- ^ a b "Stenispa metallica Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
- ^ "Stenispa metallica Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
- ^ Staines, C.L. "Catalog of the hispines of the World". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
- ^ "North American Cryptocephalus species (Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae)". Texas Entomology. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
Further reading
edit- Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press.
- Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. Vol. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
- Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.
- Papp, Charles S. (1984). Introduction to North American Beetles. Entomography Pubns.
- Riley, Edward G.; Clark, Shawn M.; Gilbert, Arthur J. (2001). "New records, nomenclatural changes, and taxonomic notes for select North American leaf beetles". Insecta Mundi. 15 (1): 1–17.
- White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin.
- White, Richard E. (1968). A Review of the Genus Cryptocephalus in America North of Mexico. Smithsonian Institution Press.
- Borowiec, Lech (1999). A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Biologicae Silesiae. ISBN 83-909804-4-4.