Omophoita cyanipennis
Omophoita cyanipennis, the eight-spotted flea beetle, is a species of flea beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, and North America.[1][2][3]
Eight-spotted flea beetle, Omophoita cyanipennis
| Omophoita cyanipennis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Omophoita |
| Species: | O. cyanipennis |
| Binomial name | |
| Omophoita cyanipennis (Fabricius, 1798) | |
Subspecies
These two subspecies belong to the species Omophoita cyanipennis:
- Omophoita cyanipennis cyanipennis (Fabricius, 1798)
- Omophoita cyanipennis octomaculata (Crotch, 1873)
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References
- "Omophoita cyanipennis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
- "Omophoita cyanipennis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
- "Omophoita cyanipennis species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
Further reading
- 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. doi:10.3897/zookeys.720.13517. PMC 5740445. PMID 29290727.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26091-7.
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