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Genus Heptispa

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)
Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)
Subfamily Cassidinae (Tortoise Beetles and the Hispines)
Tribe Chalepini
Genus Heptispa
Explanation of Names
Heptispa Weise 1906
Numbers
a single species n. of Mex., (6 spp. total) (1)
Range
genus ranges from southernmost TX (Cameron Co.; only 2 specimens known) to Brazil (1)
Habitat
in TX, collected once, by beating mostly mimosoid shrubs (W.E. Clark, pers. comm., 2009)
Season
in TX, collected in mid-January (1)
Print References
Riley, E.G. and J.E. King. 2009. Element record datasheets submitted to Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, Wildlife Division, Austin.
Staines, C.L. 1996. The Hispinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Nicaragua. Revista Nicaragüense de Entomología 37/38A: 1-32.