''Sphaeroderma'' is a large genus of
flea beetle
The flea beetle is a small, jumping beetle of the leaf beetle family (Chrysomelidae), that makes up the tribe Alticini which is part of the subfamily Galerucinae. Historically the flea beetles were classified as their own subfamily.
Though m ...
s 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 ...
, with some 250 species from the
Old World
The "Old World" is a term for Afro-Eurasia that originated in Europe , after Europeans became aware of the existence of the Americas. It is used to contrast the continents of Africa, Europe, and Asia, which were previously thought of by the ...
.
[https://www.zin.ru/animalia/coleoptera/addpages/Nadein/Sphaerod.htm ]
Selected species
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Sphaeroderma epilachnoides''
(Wollaston, 1867)
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Sphaeroderma freyi''
Bechyné, 1955
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Sphaeroderma rubidum''
Graëlls, 1858
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Sphaeroderma splendens''
(Gressitt & Kimoto, 1963)
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Sphaeroderma testaceum''
(Fabricius, 1775)
Gallery
File:Sphaeroderma testaceum (Fabricius, 1775) (16322242869).png, '' Sphaeroderma testaceum'' (Fabricius, 1775)
File:Sphaeroderma rubidum (Graells, 1858) (6481521519).png, '' Sphaeroderma rubidum'' (Graells, 1858)
References
Alticini
Chrysomelidae genera
Taxa named by James Francis Stephens
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