''Sphaeroderma'' is a large genus of

flea beetle The flea beetle is any small, jumping beetle of the leaf beetle family (Chrysomelidae) that is part of the tribe (biology), tribe Alticini, which is part of the subfamily Galerucinae. Historically the flea beetles were classified as their own ...

s in the family

Chrysomelidae The beetle family Chrysomelidae, commonly known as leaf beetles, includes over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making it one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle families. Numerous s ...

, with some 250 species from the

Old World The "Old World" () is a term for Afro-Eurasia coined by Europeans after 1493, when they became aware of the existence of the Americas. It is used to contrast the continents of Africa, Europe, and Asia in the Eastern Hemisphere, previously ...

Selected species

* '' Sphaeroderma alishanense'' Takizawa, 1979 * '' Sphaeroderma ancora'' Warchalowski, 2006 * '' Sphaeroderma aoshimense'' Nakane, 1985 * '' Sphaeroderma bakeri'' Medvedev, 1996 * '' Sphaeroderma bambusae'' Medvedev, 1997 * '' Sphaeroderma capitis'' Medvedev, 2001 * '' Sphaeroderma carinatum'' Wang, 1992 * '' Sphaeroderma chiengmaicum'' Kimoto, 2000 * '' Sphaeroderma doeberli'' Medvedev, 1997 * '' Sphaeroderma epilachnoides'' (Wollaston, 1867) * '' Sphaeroderma freyi'' Bechyné, 1955 * '' Sphaeroderma furthi'' Medvedev, 1996 * '' Sphaeroderma grossum'' Medvedev, 1996 * '' Sphaeroderma laterimaculatum'' Medvedev, 2002 * '' Sphaeroderma leei'' Takizawa, 1980 * '' Sphaeroderma luzonicum'' Medvedev, 1996 * '' Sphaeroderma maculatum'' Wang, 1992 * '' Sphaeroderma minutissimum'' Medvedev, 1996 * '' Sphaeroderma miyatakei'' Kimoto, 2000 * '' Sphaeroderma nagaii'' Nakane, 1985 * '' Sphaeroderma nakanishii'' Kimoto, 2001 * '' Sphaeroderma nigroapicale'' Takizawa, 1979 * '' Sphaeroderma nigrocephalum'' Wang, 1992 * '' Sphaeroderma pacholatkoi'' Medvedev, 2004 * '' Sphaeroderma philippinicum'' Medvedev, 1993 * '' Sphaeroderma pseudapicale'' Medvedev, 1997 * '' Sphaeroderma rubidum'' Graëlls, 1858 * '' Sphaeroderma splendens'' (Gressitt & Kimoto, 1963) * '' 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 {{Galerucinae-stub