Ophraea is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about eight described species in Ophraea. They are found in North America and the Neotropics.[1][2][3]
| Ophraea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Tribe: | Galerucini |
| Genus: | Ophraea Jacoby, 1886 |
Species edit
These eight species belong to the genus Ophraea:
- Ophraea elongata Jacoby, 1886
- Ophraea maculicollis Blake
- Ophraea melancholica Jacoby, 1886
- Ophraea metallica Jacoby, 1886
- Ophraea minor Jacoby, 1886
- Ophraea opaca Jacoby, 1892
- Ophraea rugosa Jacoby, 1886
- Ophraea subcostata Jacoby, 1886
References edit
- ^ "Ophraea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Ophraea". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Ophraea genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
Further reading edit
- Nie, R-E; Bezděk, J.; Yang, X-K (2017). "How many genera and species of Galerucinae s. str. do we know? Updated statistics (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). In: Chaboo CS, Schmitt M (Eds) Research on Chrysomelidae". ZooKeys (720): 91–102. Bibcode:2017ZooK..720...91N. doi:10.3897/zookeys.720.13517. PMC 5740445. PMID 29290727.
- Wilcox, John A. (1965). A Synopsis of the North American Galerucinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). New York State Museum and Science Service.
- 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.
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