Agasicles (beetle)

Agasicles is a genus of flea beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae.^[1] The species of this genus are native to South America,^[2] though the species Agasicles hygrophila has been introduced to the southeastern United States as a biological control agent against alligator weed.

Agasicles
Agasicles hygrophila
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Galerucinae
Tribe:	Alticini
Genus:	Agasicles Jacoby, 1905
Type species
Agasicles vittata Jacoby, 1905

Species

The genus includes five species:^[2]

• Agasicles connexa (Boheman, 1859)
• Agasicles hygrophila Selman & Vogt, 1971
• Agasicles interrogationis (Clark, 1865)
• Agasicles opaca Bechyné, 1959
• Agasicles vittata Jacoby, 1905