Pentispa

Pentispa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Tribe:	Chalepini
Genus:	Pentispa Chapuis, 1875

Pentispa is a genus of tortoise beetles and hispines in the family Chrysomelidae. There are more than 20 described species in Pentispa. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

These species belong to the genus Pentispa:

• Pentispa aequatoriana Weise, 1910
• Pentispa atrocaerulea (Champion, 1894)
• Pentispa beata (Baly, 1886)
• Pentispa bilimeki Spaeth, 1937
• Pentispa bivittaticollis (Baly, 1885)
• Pentispa candezei (Chapuis, 1877)
• Pentispa chevrolati (Chapuis, 1877)
• Pentispa clarkella (Baly, 1886)
• Pentispa collaris (Thunberg, 1805)
• Pentispa distincta (Baly, 1886)
• Pentispa fairmairei (Chapuis, 1877)
• Pentispa geniculata Pic, 1932
• Pentispa melanura (Chapuis, 1877)
• Pentispa perroudi Pic, 1933
• Pentispa pratti Pic, 1932
• Pentispa sallaei (Baly, 1886)
• Pentispa sanguinipennis (Baly, 1886)
• Pentispa sulcifrons (Champion, 1894)
• Pentispa suturalis (Baly, 1885)
• Pentispa vittatipennis (Baly, 1886)
• Pentispa viturati Pic, 1932

Former species

• Pentispa amplipennis Uhmann, 1930
• Pentispa cristata (Chapuis, 1877)
• Pentispa emarginata (Chapuis, 1877)
• Pentispa explanata (Chapuis, 1877)
• Pentispa morio (Fabricius, 1801)
• Pentispa parumpunctata Weise, 1910

References

1. "Pentispa Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
2. "Pentispa". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
3. "Pentispa genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.

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.