Physonota Explained

Physonota is a genus of tortoise beetles and hispines in the family Chrysomelidae. There are more than 40 described species in Physonota.

Species

These 41 species belong to the genus Physonota:

• Physonota alutacea Boheman, 1854 (wild olive tortoise beetle)
• Physonota arizonae Schaeffer, 1925 (Arizona tortoise beetle)
• Physonota attenuata Boheman, 1854
• Physonota breviuscula Boheman, 1856
• Physonota calcarata (Boheman, 1854)
• Physonota caudata Boheman, 1854
• Physonota cerea Boheman, 1854
• Physonota citrina Boheman, 1854
• Physonota citrinella Boheman, 1854
• Physonota convexa Borowiec, 1995
• Physonota dilatata Kirsch, 1876
• Physonota disjuncta (Chevrolat, 1834)
• Physonota eucalypta Boheman, 1862
• Physonota flavago Boheman, 1854
• Physonota gigantea Boheman, 1854
• Physonota helianthi (Randall, 1838) (sunflower tortoise beetle)
• Physonota humilis Boheman, 1856
• Physonota incrustata Boheman, 1854
• Physonota limoniata Boheman, 1862
• Physonota lutarella Boheman, 1856
• Physonota maculiventris Boheman, 1854
• Physonota mexicana Boheman, 1854
• Physonota nitidicollis Boheman, 1854
• Physonota ovalis Boheman, 1854
• Physonota ovipennis Champion, 1894
• Physonota pacifica Spaeth, 1932
• Physonota pellucida Wagener, 1877
• Physonota perampla Champion, 1894
• Physonota picticollis Boheman, 1854
• Physonota plana Boheman, 1854
• Physonota puncticollis Borowiec, 1995
• Physonota quinquepunctata Walsh & Riley
• Physonota separata Boheman, 1854
• Physonota stigmatilis Boheman, 1854
• Physonota sublaevigata Spaeth, 1915
• Physonota translucida Boheman, 1854
• Physonota turgida Boheman, 1854
• Physonota unipunctata (Say, 1824) (horsemint tortoise beetle)
• Physonota vitticollis Boheman, 1854
• Physonota vittifera Spaeth, 1915

Further reading

• Book: How to Know the Beetles. 1980. Arnett . Ross H.. Downie . N. M.. Jaques . H. E.. Wm. C. Brown Publishers. 978-0697047762.
• 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.