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]
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| Microtheca ochroloma | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Tribe: | Chrysomelini |
| Genus: | Microtheca Stål, 1860 |
Species
editThe genus includes the following 15 species:[3][4][5][6]
- Microtheca bechynei Jolivet, 1950 – Peru
- Microtheca boliviana Achard, 1917 – Bolivia
- Microtheca columbiana Steinheil, 1877 – Colombia
- Microtheca freyi Jolivet, 1950 – Peru
- Microtheca lacustris Bechyné, 1958 – Peru
- Microtheca nitens Bechyné, 1946 – Bolivia
- Microtheca ochroloma Stål, 1860 (yellow-margined leaf beetle) – Brazil, Argentina, Chile, North America (introduced)
- Microtheca orophila Jolivet, 1950 – Bolivia
- Microtheca parvula Bechyné, 1948 – Argentina
- Microtheca picea (Guérin-Méneville, 1844) – Uruguay, North America (introduced)
- Microtheca piceitarsis Stål, 1860 – Brazil
- Microtheca planicollis Bechyné, 1946 – Argentina, Brazil
- Microtheca punctigera Achard, 1917 – Argentina, Chile, Brazil
- Microtheca rubricollis (Philippi & Philippi, 1864)[7] – Chile
- Microtheca semilaevis Stål, 1860 – Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Peru
- Microtheca weyrauchi Bechyné, 1958 – Peru
References
edit- ^ "Microtheca Stål, 1860". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
- ^ "Genus Microtheca". BugGuide. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Bechyné, J. (1958). "Notizen zu den neotropischen Chrysomeloidea (Col. Phytophaga)". Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey. 9 (2): 478–706.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Brown, W.J. (1956). "The New World Species of Chrysomela L. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". The Canadian Entomologist. Supplement 3: 5–54. doi:10.4039/entm8803fv.