Hispa

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Hispa
Hispa atra (Chrysomelidae), Ede, the Netherlands.jpg
Hispa atra
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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]

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Species

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility [2] includes:

  1. Hispa atra Linnaeus, 1767
  2. Hispa bicolor Gray, 1832
  3. Hispa brachycera (Gestro, 1897)
  4. Hispa echidna Guérin-Méneville, 1840
  5. Hispa fulvispinosa Medvedev, 1992
  6. Hispa mutica Linnaeus, 1767
  7. Hispa mystacina Fabricius, 1775
  8. Hispa picipes Fabricius, 1787
  9. Hispa ramosa Gyllenhal, 1817
  10. Hispa rubra Weber, 1801
  11. Hispa stygia (Chapuis, 1877)
  12. Hispa tarsata Swietojanska, 2001
  13. Hispa waiensis Borowiec & Swietojanska, 2007

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. 1 2 Global Biodiversity Information Facility: genus Hispa Linnaeus (retrieved 13 August 2025)
  3. "Hispa - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2020-02-12.