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Hemisphaerota

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Hemisphaerota
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Hemisphaerota is a genus in the subfamily Cassidinae (tortoise beetles and 'hispines') in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 10 described species in Hemisphaerota.[1][2][3]

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Hemisphaerota cyanea

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Biology and morphology has been studied.[4] The distribution range is circum-Caribbean.[5]

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Species

These 10 species belong to the genus Hemisphaerota:

  • Hemisphaerota besckei (Boheman, 1850)
  • Hemisphaerota cyanea (Say, 1824) (palmetto tortoise beetle)
  • Hemisphaerota fallax (Suffrian, 1868)
  • Hemisphaerota flavipes Zayas, 1989
  • Hemisphaerota gundlachi (Boheman, 1862)
  • Hemisphaerota materna Zayas, 1952
  • Hemisphaerota mulsanti (Boheman, 1856)
  • Hemisphaerota palmarum (Boheman, 1856)
  • Hemisphaerota quadrimaculata Blake
  • Hemisphaerota xanthocera (Boheman, 1850)
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