Microtheca (beetle) explained
Microtheca is a genus of Chrysomelinae (a subfamily of leaf beetles).[1] It is native to South America, with two species also occurring in the southeastern United States as introduced species.[2]
Species
The genus includes the following 15 species:[3] [4] [5] [6]
- Microtheca bechynei – Peru
- Microtheca boliviana – Bolivia
- Microtheca columbiana – Colombia
- Microtheca freyi – Peru
- Microtheca lacustris – Peru
- Microtheca nitens – Bolivia
- Microtheca ochroloma (yellow-margined leaf beetle) – Brazil, Argentina, Chile, North America (introduced)
- Microtheca orophila – Bolivia
- Microtheca parvula – Argentina
- Microtheca picea – Uruguay, North America (introduced)
- Microtheca piceitarsis – Brazil
- Microtheca planicollis – Argentina, Brazil
- Microtheca punctigera – Argentina, Chile, Brazil
- Microtheca rubricollis [7] – Chile
- Microtheca semilaevis – Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Peru
- Microtheca weyrauchi – Peru
Notes and References
- Web site: Microtheca Stål, 1860 . Integrated Taxonomic Information System . 2017-01-25.
- Web site: Genus Microtheca. BugGuide. 11 September 2024.
- Bechyné. J.. 1952. Nachträge zu den Katalogen von Blackwelder und Junk-Schenkling der neotropischen echten Chrysomeliden (Col. Phytophaga). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey. 3. 1. 1–62.
- Bechyné. J.. 1953. Les Chrysomélides vrais capturés par le Rév. Père Pio Buck à Rio Grande do Sul (Brésil méridional) (Col. Phytophaga). Dusenia. 4. 1. 1–18. http://web.archive.org/web/20200411184822/http://chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/sites/chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/files/1953_Separata_86.pdf. 11 April 2020.
- Bechyné. J.. 1958. Notizen zu den neotropischen Chrysomeloidea (Col. Phytophaga). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey. 9. 2. 478–706.
- Book: 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. 1. The Coleopterists Society. Sacramento, CA. 0-9726087-1-0. 2023-12-10.
- Brown. W.J.. 1956. The New World Species of Chrysomela L. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). The Canadian Entomologist. Supplement 3. 5–54. 10.4039/entm8803fv.
