Microctenochira is a genus of tortoise beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are at least 110 described species in the genus Microctenochira.[1][2][3]
| Microctenochira | |
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| Microctenochira hectica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Tribe: | Cassidini |
| Genus: | Microctenochira Spaeth, 1926 |
| Diversity | |
| at least 110 species | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Microctenochira". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Microctenochira". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Microctenochira genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
Further reading
edit- Barney, R. J.; Clark, S. M.; Riley, E. G. (2007). "Annotated list of the leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Kentucky: Subfamily Cassidinae". Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science. 68 (2): 132–144. doi:10.3101/1098-7096(2007)68[132:ALOTLB]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 198148537.
- Borowiec, Lech (1999). A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Biologicae Silesiae. ISBN 978-83-909804-4-7.
- 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.