Asphaera
Genus of beetles
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Asphaera is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae, containing some 130 species, found in North America, Central America, and the Neotropics.[3]
| Asphaera | |
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| Asphaera lustrans | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Chrysomeloidea |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Galerucinae |
| Tribe: | Alticini |
| Genus: | Asphaera Duponchel & Chevrolat, 1842[1] |
| Type species | |
| Asphaera subfasciata | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Selected species
- Asphaera abdominalis (Chevrolat, 1835)
- Asphaera bitaeniata (Jacoby, 1880)
- Asphaera cruciata (Olivier, 1808)
- Asphaera discicollis Jacoby, 1905
- Asphaera fuscofasciata Jacoby, 1905
- Asphaera lustrans (Crotch, 1873) (shiny flea beetle)
- Asphaera magistralis
- Asphaera meticulosa
- Asphaera nobilatata (Fabricius, 1887)
- Asphaera paralleloptera (Bezzi, 1913)[4]
- Asphaera quadrifasciata
- Asphaera reflexicollis Bechyne
- Asphaera separata (Harold, 1881)
- Asphaera umbraticus (Olivier, 1808)
- Asphaera vernalis Jacoby, 1905
- Asphaera weyrauchi Bechyne
Gallery
Asphaera paralleloptera
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