Morphosphaera
Morphosphaera chrysomeloides, Taiwan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
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]

Morphosphaera sumatrana, Indonesia

Species

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

  1. 1 2 "Morphosphaera". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
  2. 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. doi:10.3897/zookeys.720.13517. PMC 5740445. PMID 29290727.
  3. 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.


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