Isotes

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Isotes
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Isotes spilothorax, Brazil
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Galerucinae
Tribe: Luperini
Subtribe: Diabroticina
Genus: Isotes
Weise, 1922
Synonyms
  • SynbroticaBechyné, 1956
Isotes tetraspilota, Mexico Isotes tetraspilota - inat 98528231.jpg
Isotes tetraspilota, Mexico
Isotes octosignata, Mexico Isotes octosignata - inat 152049507.jpg
Isotes octosignata, Mexico

Isotes is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are currently about 180 described species in Isotes. They are found in the Neotropics. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Species

These 59 species are among those that belong to the genus Isotes: [2] [3] [4]

References

  1. "Isotes". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
  2. 1 2 Rodrigues, Juliana M. S.; Mermudes, José Ricardo M. (2015). "Comparative morphology of the type-species of Isotes and Synbrotica (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae), with a new synonymy of species". Iheringia, Série Zoologia. 105 (4): 439–452. doi: 10.1590/1678-476620151054439452 .
  3. 1 2 Rodrigues, Juliana M. S.; Mermudes, José Ricardo M. (2016). "New records and distributional notes for the Neotropical genus Isotes Weise, 1922 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae)". Check List. 12 (1): 1848. doi: 10.15560/12.1.1848 .
  4. 1 2 Nie, R-E; Bezděk, J.; Yang, X-K (2017). "How many genera and species of Galerucinae s. str. do we know? Updated statistics (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). In: Chaboo CS, Schmitt M (Eds) Research on Chrysomelidae". ZooKeys (720): 91–102. Bibcode:2017ZooK..720...91N. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.720.13517 . PMC   5740445 . PMID   29290727.