Margaridisa Explained

Margaridisa is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are at least 16 described species in Margaridisa.

Species

These sixteen species belong to the genus Margaridisa:

• Margaridisa acalyphaea Bechyné, 1997
• Margaridisa atriventris (F. E. Melsheimer, 1847)
• Margaridisa bahiensis (Bryant, 1942)
• Margaridisa benficana Bechyné & Bechyné, 1961
• Margaridisa buritiensis Bechyné & Bechyné, 1978
• Margaridisa flavescens (Baly, 1976)
• Margaridisa genalis Bechyné & Bechyné, 1978
• Margaridisa hippuriphilina Bechyné & Bechyné, 1978
• Margaridisa laevisulcata Bechyné & Bechyné, 1978
• Margaridisa luciana (Bechyné, 1955)
• Margaridisa managua (Bechyné, 1957)
• Margaridisa mattogrossensis (Bechyné, 1954)
• Margaridisa mera Bechyné & Bechyné, 1978
• Margaridisa osmidia (Bechyné, 1955)
• Margaridisa praesignata Bechyné, 1997
• Margaridisa reticulaticollis (Bechyné, 1955)
• Margaridisa triangularis Bechyné & Bechyné, 1978

Further reading

• Book: Host Plants of Leaf Beetle Species Occurring in the United States and Canada. 2004. Clark . S.M.. Le Doux . D.G.. Riley . E.G.. Gilbert . A.J.. Sullivan . J.M.. 4. Coleopterists Society. 9780972608732.
• 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.. Special Publication. The Coleopterists' Society. 0-9726087-1-0.
• Web site: 2019-02-18. A Synopsis of the North American Galerucinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). 1965. Wilcox . John A.. New York State Museum and Science Service.