Hispa

Hispa
Hispa atra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Cassidinae
Tribe:	Hispini
Genus:	Hispa Linnaeus, 1767 [1]
Synonyms
Hispella Chapuis, 1875

Hispa is the type genus of leaf beetles in the tibe Hispini (subfamily Cassidinae). Species are recorded from Africa, the Palaearctic and Oriental realms. ^{[2] [3]}

Species

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility ^[2] includes:

• Hispa atra Linnaeus, 1767
• Hispa brachycera (Gestro, 1897)
• Hispa fulvispinosa Medvedev, 1992
• Hispa ramosa Gyllenhal, 1817
• Hispa stygia (Chapuis, 1877)
• Hispa tarsata Swietojanska, 2001
• Hispa waiensis Borowiec & Swietojanska, 2007

Selected former species

• Hispa echidna Guérin-Méneville, 1840 (now in Platypria )
• Hispa mutica Linnaeus, 1767 (now in Orthocerus )
• Hispa mystacina Fabricius, 1775
• Hispa rubra Weber, 1801

References

1. Linnaeus C (1767) Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. Vol. I, No. 2, Ed. duodecima, reformata: 533-1327.
2. Global Biodiversity Information Facility: genus Hispa Linnaeus (retrieved 13 August 2025)
3. "Hispa - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2020-02-12.

External links

• Media related to Hispa at Wikimedia Commons