Microtheca (beetle)

Microtheca
Microtheca ochroloma
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Tribe:	Chrysomelini
Genus:	Microtheca Stål, 1860

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 Jolivet, 1950 – Peru
• Microtheca boliviana Achard, 1917 – Bolivia
• Microtheca columbiana Steinheil, 1877 – Colombia
• Microtheca freyi Jolivet, 1950 – Peru
• Microtheca lacustris Bechyné, 1958 – Peru
• Microtheca nitens Bechyné, 1946 – Bolivia
• Microtheca ochroloma Stål, 1860 (yellow-margined leaf beetle) – Brazil, Argentina, Chile, North America (introduced)
• Microtheca orophila Jolivet, 1950 – Bolivia
• Microtheca parvula Bechyné, 1948 – Argentina
• Microtheca picea (Guérin-Méneville, 1844) – Uruguay, North America (introduced)
• Microtheca piceitarsis Stål, 1860 – Brazil
• Microtheca planicollis Bechyné, 1946 – Argentina, Brazil
• Microtheca punctigera Achard, 1917 – Argentina, Chile, Brazil
• Microtheca rubricollis (Philippi & Philippi, 1864)[7] – Chile
• Microtheca semilaevis Stål, 1860 – Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Peru
• Microtheca weyrauchi Bechyné, 1958 – Peru

References

1. "Microtheca Stål, 1860". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
2. "Genus Microtheca". BugGuide. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
3. 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.
4. Bechyné, J. (1953). "Les Chrysomélides vrais capturés par le Rév. Père Pio Buck à Rio Grande do Sul (Brésil méridional) (Col. Phytophaga)" (PDF). Dusenia. 4 (1): 1–18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2020.
5. Bechyné, J. (1958). "Notizen zu den neotropischen Chrysomeloidea (Col. Phytophaga)". Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey. 9 (2): 478–706.
6. 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. Vol. 1. Sacramento, CA: The Coleopterists Society. ISBN 0-9726087-1-0. Retrieved 2023-12-10.
7. Brown, W.J. (1956). "The New World Species of Chrysomela L. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". The Canadian Entomologist. Supplement 3: 5–54. doi:10.4039/entm8803fv.