Microtheca (beetle)

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Microtheca
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Microtheca ochroloma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Tribe: Chrysomelini
Genus: Microtheca
Stål, 1860

Microtheca is a genus of Chrysomelinae (a subfamily of leaf beetles). [1] It is native to South America, with two species also occurring in the southeastern United States as introduced species. [2]

Species

The genus includes the following 15 species: [3] [4] [5] [6]

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References

  1. "Microtheca Stål, 1860". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
  2. "Genus Microtheca". BugGuide. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  3. Bechyné, J. (1952). "Nachträge zu den Katalogen von Blackwelder und Junk-Schenkling der neotropischen echten Chrysomeliden (Col. Phytophaga)". Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey. 3 (1): 1–62.
  4. Bechyné, J. (1953). "Les Chrysomélides vrais capturés par le Rév. Père Pio Buck à Rio Grande do Sul (Brésil méridional) (Col. Phytophaga)" (PDF). Dusenia. 4 (1): 1–18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2020.
  5. Bechyné, J. (1958). "Notizen zu den neotropischen Chrysomeloidea (Col. Phytophaga)". Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey. 9 (2): 478–706.
  6. 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. Vol. 1. Sacramento, CA: The Coleopterists Society. ISBN   0-9726087-1-0 . Retrieved 2023-12-10.
  7. Brown, W.J. (1956). "The New World Species of Chrysomela L. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". The Canadian Entomologist. Supplement 3: 5–54. doi:10.4039/entm8803fv.