Asphaera

Asphaera is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 15 described species in Asphaera. They are found in North America, Central America, and the Neotropics.[1][2][3][4]

Asphaera
Asphaera lustrans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Galerucinae
Tribe: Alticini
Genus: Asphaera
Duponchel & Chevrolat, 1842

Species

These 15 species belong to the genus Asphaera:

  • Asphaera abdominalis (Chevrolat, 1835)
  • Asphaera bitaeniata (Jacoby, 1880)
  • Asphaera cruciata (Olivier, 1808)
  • Asphaera discicollis Jacoby, 1905
  • Asphaera fuscofasciata Jacoby, 1905
  • Asphaera lustrans (Crotch, 1873) (shiny flea beetle)
  • Asphaera magistralis
  • Asphaera meticulosa
  • Asphaera nobilatata (Fabricius, 1887)
  • Asphaera quadrifasciata
  • Asphaera reflexicollis Bechyne
  • Asphaera separata (Harold, 1881)
  • Asphaera umbraticus (Olivier, 1808)
  • Asphaera vernalis Jacoby, 1905
  • Asphaera weyrauchi Bechyne
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References

  1. "Asphaera Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Asphaera". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. Nadein, K. S. (2013). "Catalogue of Alticini genera of the World (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Zoological Institute, Saint-Petersburg. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

  • Media related to Asphaera at Wikimedia Commons


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