Microtheca (beetle)

Microtheca is a genus of Chrysomelinae (a subfamily of leaf beetles).^[1] It is native to South America, with two species also occurring in the southeastern United States as introduced species.^[2]

Microtheca
Microtheca ochroloma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Tribe:	Chrysomelini
Genus:	Microtheca Stål, 1860

Species

The genus includes the following 15 species:^[3][4][5][6]

• Microtheca bechynei Jolivet, 1950 – Peru
• Microtheca boliviana Achard, 1917 – Bolivia
• Microtheca columbiana Steinheil, 1877 – Colombia
• Microtheca freyi Jolivet, 1950 – Peru
• Microtheca lacustris Bechyné, 1958 – Peru
• Microtheca nitens Bechyné, 1946 – Bolivia
• Microtheca ochroloma Stål, 1860 (yellow-margined leaf beetle) – Brazil, Argentina, Chile, North America (introduced)
• Microtheca orophila Jolivet, 1950 – Bolivia
• Microtheca parvula Bechyné, 1948 – Argentina
• Microtheca picea (Guérin-Méneville, 1844) – Uruguay, North America (introduced)
• Microtheca piceitarsis Stål, 1860 – Brazil
• Microtheca planicollis Bechyné, 1946 – Argentina, Brazil
• Microtheca punctigera Achard, 1917 – Argentina, Chile, Brazil
• Microtheca rubricollis (Philippi & Philippi, 1864)^[7] – Chile
• Microtheca semilaevis Stål, 1860 – Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Peru
• Microtheca weyrauchi Bechyné, 1958 – Peru