Morphosphaera
| Morphosphaera | |
|---|---|
| |
| Morphosphaera chrysomeloides, Taiwan | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Galerucinae |
| Tribe: | Hylaspini |
| Genus: | Morphosphaera Baly, 1861 |
Morphosphaera is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 11 described species in Morphosphaera. They are found in Indomalaya and eastern Asia.[1][2]
Species
[edit]These 11 species belong to the genus Morphosphaera:[3][1]
- Morphosphaera albipennis Allard, 1889
- Morphosphaera bimaculata Chujo, 1938
- Morphosphaera caerulea (Schönfeldt, 1890)
- Morphosphaera chrysomeloides (Bates, 1866)
- Morphosphaera collaris Laboissière, 1930
- Morphosphaera coomani Laboissière, 1930
- Morphosphaera japonica (Hornstedt, 1788)
- Morphosphaera maculicollis Baly, 1861
- Morphosphaera montivaga Maulik, 1936
- Morphosphaera sumatrana Jacoby, 1886
- Morphosphaera takizawai Lee & Bezdĕk, 2016
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Morphosphaera". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
- ^ Nie, R-E; Bezděk, J.; Yang, X-K (2017). "How many genera and species of Galerucinae s. str. do we know? Updated statistics (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). In: Chaboo CS, Schmitt M (Eds) Research on Chrysomelidae". ZooKeys (720): 91–102. Bibcode:2017ZooK..720...91N. doi:10.3897/zookeys.720.13517. PMC 5740445. PMID 29290727.
- ^ Lee, Chi-Feng; Bezděk, Jan (2016). "Revision of the genus Morphosphaera Baly (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae)". Zootaxa. 4179 (1): 1–41. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4179.1.1. PMID 27811689.
External links
[edit]
Media related to Morphosphaera at Wikimedia Commons
 | This Galerucinae article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |