Keitheatus

Keitheatus is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There is one described species in Keitheatus, Keitheatus blakeae. They are found in Texas^[1][2][3] and Mexico.

Keitheatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Tribe:	Luperini
Subtribe:	Luperina
Genus:	Keitheatus Wilcox, 1965
Species:	K. blakeae
Binomial name
Keitheatus blakeae (B. White, 1944)
Synonyms
Scelolyperus blakeae White, 1944

A second species, Keitheatus histrio from Baja California in Mexico, was originally included in the genus, but was transferred to Pseudoluperus in 2005 and Amplioluperus in 2022.^[4]