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| Hispa | |
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| Hispa atra | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Cassidinae |
| Tribe: | Hispini |
| Genus: | Hispa Linnaeus, 1767[1] |
| Synonyms | |
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Hispella Chapuis, 1875 | |
Hispa is the type genus of leaf beetles in the tibe Hispini (subfamily Cassidinae). Species are recorded from Africa, the Palaearctic and Oriental realms.[2][3]
Species
[edit]The Global Biodiversity Information Facility[2] includes:
- Hispa atra Linnaeus, 1767
- Hispa brachycera (Gestro, 1897)
- Hispa fulvispinosa Medvedev, 1992
- Hispa ramosa Gyllenhal, 1817
- Hispa stygia (Chapuis, 1877)
- Hispa tarsata Swietojanska, 2001
- Hispa waiensis Borowiec & Swietojanska, 2007
Selected former species
[edit]- Hispa echidna Guérin-Méneville, 1840 (now in Platypria)
- Hispa mutica Linnaeus, 1767 (now in Orthocerus)
- Hispa mystacina Fabricius, 1775
- Hispa rubra Weber, 1801
References
[edit]- ↑ Linnaeus C (1767) Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. Vol. I, No. 2, Ed. duodecima, reformata: 533-1327.
- 1 2 Global Biodiversity Information Facility: genus Hispa Linnaeus (retrieved 13 August 2025)
- ↑ "Hispa - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
External links
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Media related to Hispa at Wikimedia Commons
