Pentispa

Pentispa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Tribe:	Chalepini
Genus:	Pentispa Chapuis, 1875

Pentispa is a genus of tortoise beetles and hispines in the family Chrysomelidae. There are at least 20 described species in Pentispa.

Species

These 29 species belong to the genus Pentispa:

• Pentispa aequatoriana Weise, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Pentispa amplipennis Uhmann, 1930 ^{i c g}
• Pentispa atrocaerulea (Champion, 1894) ^{i c g}
• Pentispa beata (Baly, 1886) ^{i c g}
• Pentispa bilimeki Spaeth, 1937 ^{i c g}
• Pentispa candezei (Chapuis, 1877) ^{i c g}
• Pentispa chevrolati (Chapuis, 1877) ^{i c g}
• Pentispa clarkella (Baly, 1886) ^{i c g}
• Pentispa collaris (Thunberg, 1805) ^{i c g}
• Pentispa cristata (Chapuis, 1877) ^{i c g}
• Pentispa cyanipennis Pic, 1933 ^{i c g}
• Pentispa distincta (Baly, 1886) ^{i c b}
• Pentispa emarginata (Chapuis, 1877) ^{i c g}
• Pentispa explanata (Chapuis, 1877) ^{i c g}
• Pentispa fairmairei (Chapuis, 1877) ^{i c g}
• Pentispa geniculata Pic, 1932 ^{i c g}
• Pentispa larssoni Uhmann, 1957 ^{i c g}
• Pentispa melanura (Chapuis, 1877) ^{i c g b}
• Pentispa morio (Fabricius, 1801) ^{i c g}
• Pentispa parumpunctata Weise, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Pentispa perroudi Pic, 1933 ^{i c g}
• Pentispa pratti Pic, 1932 ^{i c g}
• Pentispa rockefelleri Pallister, 1953 ^{i c g}
• Pentispa sallaei (Baly, 1886) ^{i c g}
• Pentispa sanguinipennis (Baly, 1886) ^{i c g}
• Pentispa sulcifrons (Champion, 1894) ^{i c g}
• Pentispa suturalis (Baly, 1885) ^{i c b}
• Pentispa vittatipennis (Baly, 1886) ^{i c g}
• Pentispa viturati Pic, 1932 ^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
• Barney, R.J.; Clark, S.M.; Riley, E.G. (2007). "Annotated list of the leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Kentucky: Subfamily Cassidinae". J. Kentucky Acad. Sci. 68: 132–144.
• Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
• Borowiec, Lech (1999). A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Biologicae Silesiae. ISBN 83-909804-4-4.
• Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". Zookeys. 88 (88). Pensoft Publishers. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989.
• Clark, S.M.; Le Doux, D.G.; Riley, E.G.; Gilbert, A.J.; et al. (2004). "Host Plants of Leaf Beetle Species Occurring in the United States and Canada". Coleopterists Society. ISBN 9780972608732. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
• Reid, C.A.M.; Beatson, M. (2013). "Chrysomelid males with enlarged mandibles: three new species and a review of occurrence in the family (Coleoptera:Chrysomelidae)". Zootaxa. 3619: 79–100.
• Riley, Edward G.; Clark, Shawn M.; Gilbert, Arthur J. (2001). "New records, nomenclatural changes, and taxonomic notes for select North American leaf beetles". Insecta Mundi. 15 (1 ed.): 1–17.
• 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. The Coleopterists Society. ISBN 0-9726087-1-0.
• Uhmann, Erich (1957). "Chrysomelidae: Hispinae, Hispinae Americanae". Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa, Pars 35, Fasc. 1. Uitgeverij Dr. W. Junk.
• White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.