Ophraea

Ophraea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Tribe:	Galerucini
Genus:	Ophraea Jacoby, 1886

Ophraea is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about eight described species in Ophraea. They are found in North America and the Neotropics. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

These species belong to the genus Ophraea:

• Ophraea acuticollis Bechyne, 1950
• Ophraea aenea Jacoby, 1886
• Ophraea elongata Jacoby, 1886
• Ophraea maculicollis Blake, 1953
• Ophraea majalis Bechyne, 1950
• Ophraea melancholica Jacoby, 1886
• Ophraea metallica Jacoby, 1886
• Ophraea minor Jacoby, 1886
• Ophraea obtusicollis Bechyne, 1950
• Ophraea opaca Jacoby, 1892
• Ophraea rugosa (Jacoby, 1886)
• Ophraea subcostata Jacoby, 1886

References

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

Further reading

• 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.
• Wilcox, John A. (1965). A Synopsis of the North American Galerucinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). New York State Museum and Science Service.
• 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.