Hemisphaerota Explained

Hemisphaerota is a genus in the subfamily Cassidinae (tortoise beetles and 'hispines') in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 10 described species in Hemisphaerota. Biology and morphology has been studied.^[1] The distribution range is circum-Caribbean.^[2]

Species

These 10 species belong to the genus Hemisphaerota:

• Hemisphaerota besckei (Boheman, 1850)
• Hemisphaerota cyanea (Say, 1824) (palmetto tortoise beetle)
• Hemisphaerota fallax (Suffrian, 1868)
• Hemisphaerota flavipes Zayas, 1989
• Hemisphaerota gundlachi (Boheman, 1862)
• Hemisphaerota materna Zayas, 1952
• Hemisphaerota mulsanti (Boheman, 1856)
• Hemisphaerota palmarum (Boheman, 1856)
• Hemisphaerota quadrimaculata Blake
• Hemisphaerota xanthocera (Boheman, 1850)

Further reading

• The New World tribes and genera of hispines (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). 2002. Staines . C. L.. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 104. 3. 721–784. 0013-8797.
• Annotated list of the leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Kentucky: Subfamily Cassidinae. 2007. Barney . R. J.. Clark . S. M.. Riley . E. G.. Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science. 68. 2. 132–144. 10.3101/1098-7096(2007)68[132:ALOTLB]2.0.CO;2. 198148537.
• Book: A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). 1999. Borowiec . Lech. Biologicae Silesiae. 978-83-909804-4-7.
• Book: Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). 2003. Riley . Edward G.. Clark . Shawn M.. Seeno . Terry N.. The Coleopterists' Society. Special Publication No. 1. 978-0-9726087-1-8.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. 2013. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-26091-7.

Notes and References

1. Chaboo, C.S., & T. Nguyen. 2004. Immatures of Hemisphaerota palmarum (Boheman), with a discussion of the caudal process and shield architecture in the tribe Hemisphaerotini (Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). New Contributions in Biology of the Chrysomelidae: 171–184.
2. Waite, Evan W.*, & Caroline S. Chaboo. 2021. Aruba is a new country record for Hemisphaerota cyanea (Say, 1824) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Hemisphaerotini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 75(2): 330–333.