Biology:Lysathia

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Short description: Genus of beetles

Lysathia
Lysathia atrocyanea imported from iNaturalist photo 341912219 on 17 January 2024.jpg
Lysathia atrocyanea
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Galerucinae
Tribe: Alticini
Genus: Lysathia
J. Bechyné, 1957

Lysathia is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are 10 described species, found in North America and the Neotropics.[1]

Selected species

  • Lysathia aenea Bechyné, 1959
  • Lysathia atrocyanea
  • Lysathia comasagua
  • Lysathia ludoviciana (Fall, 1910) (water-primrose flea beetle)
  • Lysathia occidentalis (Suffrian, 1868)
  • Lysathia vulcanica

References

Further reading

  • 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. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2030626 entry