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| Xenispa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Cassidinae |
| Tribe: | Imatidiini |
| Genus: | Xenispa Baly, 1858[1] |
Xenispa is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae.
Species
[edit]- Xenispa aeneipennis
- Xenispa argentina
- Xenispa atra
- Xenispa baeri
- Xenispa bahiana
- Xenispa bicolorata
- Xenispa boliviana
- Xenispa carinata
- Xenispa collaris
- Xenispa columbica
- Xenispa consobrina
- Xenispa costaricensis
- Xenispa cyanipennis
- Xenispa elegans
- Xenispa exigua
- Xenispa fallaciosa
- Xenispa fouquei
- Xenispa fulvimana
- Xenispa garleppi
- Xenispa germaini
- Xenispa gilvipes
- Xenispa grayella
- Xenispa ovatula
- Xenispa plaumanni
- Xenispa pulchella
- Xenispa pygidialis
- Xenispa romani
- Xenispa scutellaris
- Xenispa sulcicollis
- Xenispa testaceicornis
- Xenispa tibialis
- Xenispa tricolor
- Xenispa uhmanni
- Xenispa zikani
Taxonomy
[edit]It was long treated as a synonym of Demotispa and later Parimatidium, but was restored to genus status in 2014.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Imatidiini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved August 26, 2025.
- ↑ Taxonomic changes within Imatidiini and Hybosispini (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)