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Genus Asphaera

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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 Galerucinae (Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles)
Tribe Alticini (Flea Beetles)
No Taxon (Asphaera Genus Group)
Genus Asphaera
Explanation of Names
Asphaera Duponchel & Chevrolat 1842
Numbers
1-2 spp. in our area, many total(1), AZ & TX records of Asphaera abdominalis need confirmation
Range
large neotropical group ranging into so. US(1)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 12 September, 2004 - 11:13am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 16 January, 2022 - 1:54pm

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