Omophoita is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are some 50 described species in North America and the Neotropics.[1]
| Omophoita | |
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| Omophoita cyanipennis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Superfamily: | Chrysomeloidea |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Galerucinae |
| Tribe: | Alticini |
| Genus: | Omophoita Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836 |
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Selected species
edit- Omophoita aequinoctialis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Omophoita albicollis (Fabricius, 1787)
- Omophoita blakeae Bechyné, 1958
- Omophoita clerica (Erichson, 1848)
- Omophoita cyanipennis (Fabricius, 1798) (eight-spotted flea beetle)
- Omophoita episcopalis
- Omophoita ernesta Bechyne
- Omophoita fulgida (Olivier, 1807)
- Omophoita ophthalmicus
- Omophoita osunai
- Omophoita peruviana
- Omophoita quadrinotata (Fabricius, 1798)
- Omophoita stenodera Bechyné, 1958
- Omophoita succincta
References
edit- ^ Nadein, K. S. (2013). "Catalogue of Alticini genera of the World (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Zoological Institute, Saint-Petersburg. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
Further reading
edit- 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 No. 1. The Coleopterists' Society. ISBN 978-0-9726087-1-8.
External links
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