Asphaera

Asphaera is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae, containing some 130 species, found in North America, Central America, and the Neotropics.[2]

Asphaera
Asphaera lustrans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Galerucinae
Tribe: Alticini
Genus: Asphaera
Duponchel & Chevrolat, 1842[1]
Synonyms

Litosonycha Clark, 1865

Selected species
  • 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

References
  1. Duponchel, P.A.J; Chevrolat, L.A.A. (1842). "Asphaera". In d'Orbigny, C. (ed.). Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle. Vol. 2. Paris: MM. Renard, Martinet et Cie. p. 227.
  2. Nadein, K. S. (2013). "Catalogue of Alticini genera of the World (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae): Asphaera Chevrolat, 1843". Zoological Institute, Saint-Petersburg. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
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