Microtheca (beetle)
Genus of beetles
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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]
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| Microtheca ochroloma | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Tribe: | Chrysomelini |
| Genus: | Microtheca Stål, 1860 |
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