Mantura (beetle) explained

Mantura is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 20 described species, from the Nearctic, Palaearctic, and Oriental regions.^[1]

Selected species

• Mantura chrysanthemi (Koch, 1803)
• Mantura cylindrica Miller, 1880
• Mantura floridana Crotch, 1873
• Mantura fulvipes Jacoby, 1885
• Mantura horioni Heikertinger, 1940
• Mantura lutea (Allard, 1859)
• Mantura mathewsii (Curtis, 1833)
• Mantura obtusata (Gyllenhal, 1813)
• Mantura pallidicornis (Waltl, 1839)
• Mantura rustica (Linnaeus, 1767)

Further reading

• 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. Web site: Mantura Stephens, 1831. www.zin.ru . 24 March 2024.