Microtheca (beetle)
{{short description|Genus of beetles}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Microtheca ochroloma (51157159512).jpg
| image_caption = Microtheca ochroloma
| taxon = Microtheca
| authority = Stål, 1860
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
| synonyms =
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Microtheca is a genus of Chrysomelinae (a subfamily of leaf beetles).{{cite web |url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=114588#null|title=Microtheca Stål, 1860 |publisher= Integrated Taxonomic Information System |access-date=2017-01-25}} It is native to South America, with two species also occurring in the southeastern United States as introduced species.{{cite web|url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/89617|title=Genus Microtheca|website=BugGuide|access-date=11 September 2024}}
Species
The genus includes the following 15 species:{{cite journal|last=Bechyné|first=J.|year=1952|title=Nachträge zu den Katalogen von Blackwelder und Junk-Schenkling der neotropischen echten Chrysomeliden (Col. Phytophaga)|journal=Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey|volume=3|issue=1|pages=1–62|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49571750}}{{cite journal|last=Bechyné|first=J.|year=1953|title=Les Chrysomélides vrais capturés par le Rév. Père Pio Buck à Rio Grande do Sul (Brésil méridional) (Col. Phytophaga)|journal=Dusenia|volume=4|issue=1|pages=1–18|url=http://chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/sites/chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/files/1953_Separata_86.pdf|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20200411184822/http://chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/sites/chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/files/1953_Separata_86.pdf|archive-date=11 April 2020}}{{cite journal|last=Bechyné|first=J.|year=1958|title=Notizen zu den neotropischen Chrysomeloidea (Col. Phytophaga)|journal=Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey|volume=9|issue=2|pages=478–706|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45990136}}{{Cite book
| last1 = Riley
| first1 = Edward G.
| last2 = Clark
| first2 = Shawn M.
| last3 = Seeno
| first3 = Terry N.
| date = 2003
| title = Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae)
| series = Special Publication
| volume = 1
| publisher = The Coleopterists Society
| place = Sacramento, CA
| isbn = 0-9726087-1-0
| url = https://archive.org/details/catalogleafbeet00rile/catalogleafbeet00rile/
| access-date = 2023-12-10
}}
- Microtheca bechynei {{small|Jolivet, 1950}} – Peru
- Microtheca boliviana {{small|Achard, 1917}} – Bolivia
- Microtheca columbiana {{small|Steinheil, 1877}} – Colombia
- Microtheca freyi {{small|Jolivet, 1950}} – Peru
- Microtheca lacustris {{small|Bechyné, 1958}} – Peru
- Microtheca nitens {{small|Bechyné, 1946}} – Bolivia
- Microtheca ochroloma {{small|Stål, 1860}} (yellow-margined leaf beetle) – Brazil, Argentina, Chile, North America (introduced)
- Microtheca orophila {{small|Jolivet, 1950}} – Bolivia
- Microtheca parvula {{small|Bechyné, 1948}} – Argentina
- Microtheca picea {{small|(Guérin-Méneville, 1844)}} – Uruguay, North America (introduced)
- Microtheca piceitarsis {{small|Stål, 1860}} – Brazil
- Microtheca planicollis {{small|Bechyné, 1946}} – Argentina, Brazil
- Microtheca punctigera {{small|Achard, 1917}} – Argentina, Chile, Brazil
- Microtheca rubricollis {{small|(Philippi & Philippi, 1864)}}{{cite journal|last=Brown|first=W.J.|year=1956|title=The New World Species of Chrysomela L. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)|journal=The Canadian Entomologist|volume=Supplement 3|pages=5–54|doi=10.4039/entm8803fv}} – Chile
- Microtheca semilaevis {{small|Stål, 1860}} – Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Peru
- Microtheca weyrauchi {{small|Bechyné, 1958}} – Peru
References
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Category:Beetles of North America
Category:Beetles of South America
Category:Taxa named by Carl Stål
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