Biology:Strabala

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Short description: Genus of beetles

Strabala
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Galerucinae
Tribe: Alticini
Genus: Strabala
Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836

Strabala is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 30 described species, found in North America and the Neotropics.[1]

Selected species

  • Strabala acuminata Blake, 1953
  • Strabala ambulans (Suffrian, 1868)
  • Strabala colombiana
  • Strabala darcelina
  • Strabala peri
  • Strabala punctigera
  • Strabala rotunda Blake, 1953
  • Strabala rufa (Illiger, 1807)
  • Strabala scutellaris (Olivier, 1908)
  • Strabala supposita
  • Strabala uruyenica
  • Strabala weyrauchi Bechyne


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 ☰ Q14934607 entry