Microrhopala

Microrhopala
Microrhopala excavata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Tribe:	Chalepini
Genus:	Microrhopala Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836

Microrhopala is a genus of tortoise beetles and hispines in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 18 described species in Microrhopala. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Microrhopala vittata

Species

These 18 species belong to the genus Microrhopala:

• Microrhopala beckeri Weise, 1905
• Microrhopala ciliata Weise, 1911
• Microrhopala columbica Weise, 1911
• Microrhopala erebus (Newman, 1840)
• Microrhopala excavata (Olivier, 1808)
• Microrhopala floridana Schwarz, 1878
• Microrhopala hecate (Newman, 1840)
• Microrhopala inermis Staines, 2006
• Microrhopala moseri Uhmann, 1940
• Microrhopala perforata Baly, 1864
• Microrhopala pulchella Baly, 1864
• Microrhopala rileyi S. Clark, 1983
• Microrhopala rubrolineata (Mannerheim, 1843)
• Microrhopala sallei Baly, 1864
• Microrhopala unicolor Champion, 1894
• Microrhopala vittata (Fabricius, 1798) (goldenrod leaf miner)
• Microrhopala xerene (Newman, 1838)

References

1. "Microrhopala Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
2. "Microrhopala". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
3. "Microrhopala genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

Further reading

• Barney, R. J.; Clark, S. M.; Riley, E. G. (2007). "Annotated list of the leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Kentucky: Subfamily Cassidinae". Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science. 68 (2): 132–144. doi:10.3101/1098-7096(2007)68[132:ALOTLB]2.0.CO;2. S2CID   198148537.
• Borowiec, Lech (1999). A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Biologicae Silesiae. ISBN   978-83-909804-4-7.
• Riley, Edward G.; Clark, Shawn M.; Seeno, Terry N. (2003). Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Special Publication No. 1. The Coleopterists' Society. ISBN   978-0-9726087-1-8.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-90-04-26091-7.

External links

• Media related to Microrhopala at Wikimedia Commons