''Mantura'' is a genus of
flea beetles in the family
Chrysomelidae
The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making up one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle ...
. There are about 20 described species, from the
Nearctic
The Nearctic realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface.
The Nearctic realm covers most of North America, including Greenland, Central Florida, and the highlands of Mexico. The parts of North America t ...
,
Palaearctic, and
Oriental
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regions.
[https://www.zin.ru/animalia/coleoptera/addpages/Nadein/Mantura.htm ]
Selected species
* ''
Mantura chrysanthemi''
(Koch, 1803)
* ''
Mantura cylindrica''
Miller, 1880
* ''
Mantura floridana''
Crotch, 1873
* ''
Mantura fulvipes''
Jacoby, 1885
* ''
Mantura horioni''
Heikertinger, 1940
* ''
Mantura lutea''
(Allard, 1859)
* ''
Mantura mathewsii''
(Curtis, 1833)
* ''
Mantura obtusata''
(Gyllenhal, 1813)
* ''
Mantura pallidicornis''
(Waltl, 1839)
* ''
Mantura rustica''
(Linnaeus, 1767)
References
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Alticini
Chrysomelidae genera
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Taxa named by James Francis Stephens
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