Biology:Lobispa

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Short description: Genus of leaf beetles from the Neotropical realm

Lobispa
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Cubispini
Genus: Lobispa
Staines, 2001[1]
Type species
Lobispa expansa
Staines, 2001[1]
Species
  • Lobispa callosa
  • Lobispa expansa
  • Lobispa sentus

Lobispa is a genus of leaf beetles consisting of three species from Central America and northern South America. It is classified within the tribe Cubispini, which is placed within the subfamily Eumolpinae. The genus superficially resembles the subfamily Hispinae (now included in Cassidinae).[1]

The genus name comes from lobus (Greek for "an elongated projection") plus -ispa from the subfamily name Hispinae.

Species

There are three species included in Lobispa:[1]

  • Lobispa callosa (Baly, 1885) – distributed from Costa Rica to Colombia
  • Lobispa expansa Staines, 2001 – distributed from Panama to Venezuela
  • Lobispa sentus Staines, 2001 – distributed from Costa Rica to Panama

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Staines, C. L. (2001). "A new genus and two new species of Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from tropical America". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 103 (1): 98–102. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16279340. 

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