| Hemisphaerota | |
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| Hemisphaerota cyanea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Tribe: | Hemisphaerotini |
| Genus: | Hemisphaerota Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836 |
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Hemisphaerota is a genus in the subfamily Cassidinae (tortoise beetles and 'hispines') in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 10 described species in Hemisphaerota.
Biology and morphology has been studied. The distribution range is circum-Caribbean.
Species
These 10 species belong to the genus Hemisphaerota:
- Hemisphaerota besckei (Boheman, 1850)
- Hemisphaerota cyanea (Say, 1824) (palmetto tortoise beetle)
- Hemisphaerota fallax (Suffrian, 1868)
- Hemisphaerota flavipes Zayas, 1989
- Hemisphaerota gundlachi (Boheman, 1862)
- Hemisphaerota materna Zayas, 1952
- Hemisphaerota mulsanti (Boheman, 1856)
- Hemisphaerota palmarum (Boheman, 1856)
- Hemisphaerota quadrimaculata Blake
- Hemisphaerota xanthocera (Boheman, 1850)
References
- ^ "Hemisphaerota Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- "Hemisphaerota". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- "Hemisphaerota genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- Chaboo, C.S., & T. Nguyen. 2004. Immatures of Hemisphaerota palmarum (Boheman), with a discussion of the caudal process and shield architecture in the tribe Hemisphaerotini (Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). New Contributions in Biology of the Chrysomelidae: 171–184.
- Waite, Evan W.*, & Caroline S. Chaboo. 2021. Aruba is a new country record for Hemisphaerota cyanea (Say, 1824) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Hemisphaerotini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 75(2): 330–333.
Further reading
- Staines, C. L. (2002). "The New World tribes and genera of hispines (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 104 (3): 721–784. ISSN 0013-8797.
- 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.
External links
Media related to Hemisphaerota at Wikimedia Commons
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