Omophoita

Omophoita
Omophoita cyanipennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Superfamily:	Chrysomeloidea
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Galerucinae
Tribe:	Alticini
Genus:	Omophoita Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836
Synonyms
PtenaChevrolat, 1836 HomophoetaErichson, 1847 (Emend.) HomophoitaWeise, 1921 (Missp.) LongasphaeraBechyné, 1955

Omophoita is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are some 50 described species in North America and the Neotropics. ^[1]

Omophoita cyanipennis

Selected species

• Omophoita aequinoctialis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Omophoita albicollis (Fabricius, 1787)
• Omophoita blakeae Bechyné, 1958
• Omophoita clerica (Erichson, 1848)
• Omophoita cyanipennis (Fabricius, 1798) (eight-spotted flea beetle)
• Omophoita episcopalis
• Omophoita ernesta Bechyne
• Omophoita fulgida (Olivier, 1807)
• Omophoita ophthalmicus
• Omophoita osunai
• Omophoita personata (Illiger, 1807)
• Omophoita peruviana
• Omophoita quadrinotata (Fabricius, 1798)
• Omophoita stenodera Bechyné, 1958
• Omophoita succincta

References

1. Nadein, K. S. (2013). "Catalogue of Alticini genera of the World (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Zoological Institute, Saint-Petersburg. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

• 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.

External links

• Media related to Omophoita at Wikimedia Commons