Biology:Sphenoraia

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Short description: Genus of leaf beetles

Sphenoraia
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Sphenoraia hopei, India
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Galerucinae
Tribe: Hylaspini
Genus: Sphenoraia
Clark, 1865

Sphenoraia is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 24 described species in Sphenoraia.[1] They are found in Indomalaya and the Palaearctic.[2][1]

Sphenoraia nebulosa, China

Species

These 12 species are among those that belong to the genus Sphenoraia:

  • Sphenoraia apicalis Kimoto & Takizawa, 1983
  • Sphenoraia chujoi Lee, 2014
  • Sphenoraia duodecimmaculata Jacoby, 1889
  • Sphenoraia hopei Beenen, 2005
  • Sphenoraia imitans Jacoby, 1892
  • Sphenoraia intermedia Jacoby, 1885
  • Sphenoraia javana (Wiedemann, 1819)
  • Sphenoraia micans (Fairmair, 1888)
  • Sphenoraia nebulosa (Gyllenhaal, 1808)
  • Sphenoraia nigra Wang, Li & Yang, 2000
  • Sphenoraia rutilans (Hope, 1831)


References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2380641 entry