Hemiphrynus

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Hemiphrynus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Galerucinae
Tribe: Alticini
Genus: Hemiphrynus
Horn, 1889

Hemiphrynus is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are 8 described species from the Nearctic and Neotropics. [1]

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References

  1. Nadein, K. S. (2013). "Catalogue of Alticini genera of the World (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Zoological Institute, Saint-Petersburg. Retrieved 2019-07-02.