Neolema Explained

Neolema is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. Eight described species currently are placed in Neolema.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

• Neolema cordata R. White, 1993
• Neolema dorsalis (Olivier, 1791)
• Neolema ephippium (Lacordaire, 1845)
• Neolema gundlachiana (Suffrian, 1874)
• Neolema jacobina (Linell, 1897)
• Neolema ovalis R. White, 1993
• Neolema quadriguttata R. White, 1993
• Neolema sexpunctata (Olivier, 1808) (six-spotted neolema)

Further reading

• Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida .
• Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
• Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
• Riley, Edward G., Shawn M. Clark, and Terry N. Seeno (2003). "Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae)". Coleopterists Society Special Publication no. 1, 290.
• White, Richard E. (1968). A Review of the Genus Cryptocephalus in America North of Mexico. Smithsonian Institution Press.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Neolema Genus Information. BugGuide.net. 2018-02-04.
2. Web site: Neolema Report. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 2018-02-04.
3. Web site: North American Cryptocephalus species (Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae). Texas Entomology. Mike Quinn. 2018-02-04.