Octotoma
| Octotoma | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Tribe: | Chalepini |
| Genus: | Dejean, 1836 |
Octotoma is a genus of tortoise beetles and hispines in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 12 described species in Octotoma.[1][2][3]
Species
These 12 species belong to the genus Octotoma:
- Octotoma brasiliensis Weise, 1921
- Octotoma championi Baly, 1886 (lantana leafminer)
- Octotoma crassicornis Weise, 1910
- Octotoma germari Hagenbach
- Octotoma gundlachii Suffrian, 1868
- Octotoma intermedia Staines, 1989
- Octotoma marginicollis Horn, 1883
- Octotoma nigra Uhmann, 1940
- Octotoma plicatula (Fabricius, 1801) (trumpet creeper leaf miner)
- Octotoma puncticollis Staines, 1994
- Octotoma scabripennis Guérin-Méneville, 1844
- Octotoma variegata Uhmann, 1954
References
- ^ "Octotoma Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Octotoma". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Octotoma genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
Further reading
- Staines, C. L. Jr. (1989). "A Revision of the genus Octotoma (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Hispinae)". Insecta Mundi. 3 (1): 41–56. ISSN 0749-6737.
- Barney, R. J.; Clark, S. M.; Riley, E. G. (2007). "Annotated list of the leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Kentucky: Subfamily Cassidinae". Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science. 68 (2): 132–144. doi:10.3101/1098-7096(2007)68[132:ALOTLB]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 198148537.
- Borowiec, Lech (1999). A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Biologicae Silesiae. ISBN 978-83-909804-4-7.
- 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.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26091-7.