Hispini

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Hispini
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Hispa atra
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Cassidinae
Tribe: Hispini
Gyllenhal, 1813 [1]
Genera

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Synonyms
  • Monochirites Chapuis, 1875
  • Trichispites Chapuis, 1875

Hispini is a tribe of leaf beetles within the subfamily Cassidinae. [2] [3] They were treated as a leaf-mining subfamily of the Chrysomelidae before they were found to be paraphyletic and separated into tribes under the Cassidinae. [4] Their distribution is mainly within the Old World tropics and warmer parts of the Palaearctic. Many species feed on and breed on monocotyledonous hosts but some also use dicotyledons. The larvae of most species within the tribe are leaf miners.

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Genera

Genera within the tribe include:

  1. Acmenychus Weise, 1905
  2. Asamangulia Maulik, 1915
  3. Callanispa Uhmann, 1959
  4. Cassidispa Gestro, 1899
  5. Chrysispa Weise, 1897
  6. Dactylispa Weise, 1897
  7. Dicladispa Gestro, 1897
  8. Dorcathispa Weise, 1901
  9. Hispa Linnaeus, 1767
  10. Hispellinus Weise, 1897
  11. Jambhala (beetle) Würmli, 1975
  12. Lesageana L. Medvedev, 2003
  13. Phidodontina Uhmann, 1938
  14. Philodonta Weise, 1906
  15. Platypria Guérin-Ménéville, 1840
  16. Pleurispa Weise, 1901
  17. Polyconia Weise, 1905
  18. Pseudispella Kraatz, 1895
  19. Rhadinosa Weise, 1905
  20. Rhodtrispa Chen & Tan, 1964
  21. Sinispa Uhmann, 1940
  22. Thomispa Würmli, 1975
  23. Thoracispa Chapuis, 1875
  24. Trichispa Chapuis, 1875
  25. Unguispa Uhmann, 1954

References

  1. Gyllenhal L (1813) Insecta Suecica. Classis I. Coleoptera sive Eleuterata. Tom. I, Part III. Scaris: L.J. Leverentz, 732 pp.
  2. Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Hispini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 3, 2025.
  3. Integrated Taxonomic Information System
  4. Chaboo, Caroline S. (2007). "Biology and Phylogeny of the Cassidinae Gyllenhal Sensu Lato (Tortoise and Leaf-Mining Beetles) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 305: 1. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2007)305[1:BAPOTC]2.0.CO;2. ISSN   0003-0090.