Biology:Lema (genus)

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Short description: Genus of beetles

Lema
Lema daturaphila1.jpg
Lema daturaphila
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Criocerinae
Tribe: Lemini
Genus: Lema
Fabricius, 1798

Lema is a genus of beetles in the family Chrysomelidae.[1]

Selected species

At least 13 named species are in the genus Lema, organised into two subgenera:[2]

Subgenus Lema Curtis, 1830

  • Lema puncticollis Curtis, 1830

Subgenus Quasilema Monrós, 1951

Incertae sedis

References

  1. Arnett Jr., R. H.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea, Volume 2. CRC Press. p. 641. 
  2. "Lema". Catalogue of Life. http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/a7b0e7f61e7e2b846d872304017ca1ea. Retrieved 2017-07-28. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1764063 entry