Hemisphaerota
Genus of beetles
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Hemisphaerota is a genus in the subfamily Cassidinae (tortoise beetles and 'hispines') in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 10 described species in Hemisphaerota.[1][2][3]
| Hemisphaerota | |
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| Hemisphaerota cyanea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Tribe: | Hemisphaerotini |
| Genus: | Hemisphaerota Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836 |
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Biology and morphology has been studied.[4] The distribution range is circum-Caribbean.[5]
Species
These 10 species belong to the genus Hemisphaerota:
- Hemisphaerota besckei (Boheman, 1850)
- Hemisphaerota cyanea (Say, 1824) (palmetto tortoise beetle)
- Hemisphaerota fallax (Suffrian, 1868)
- Hemisphaerota flavipes Zayas, 1989
- Hemisphaerota gundlachi (Boheman, 1862)
- Hemisphaerota materna Zayas, 1952
- Hemisphaerota mulsanti (Boheman, 1856)
- Hemisphaerota palmarum (Boheman, 1856)
- Hemisphaerota quadrimaculata Blake
- Hemisphaerota xanthocera (Boheman, 1850)
