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Sphenoraia

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Sphenoraia
Sphenoraia hopei, India
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Galerucinae
Tribe: Hylaspini
Genus: Sphenoraia
Clark, 1865

Sphenoraia is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 24 described species in Sphenoraia.[1] They are found in Indomalaya and the Palaearctic.[2][1]

Sphenoraia nebulosa, China

Species

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These 12 species are among those that belong to the genus Sphenoraia:

References

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  1. ^ a b Nie, R-E; Bezděk, J.; Yang, X-K (2017). "How many genera and species of Galerucinae s. str. do we know? Updated statistics (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). In: Chaboo CS, Schmitt M (Eds) Research on Chrysomelidae". ZooKeys (720): 91–102. Bibcode:2017ZooK..720...91N. doi:10.3897/zookeys.720.13517. PMC 5740445. PMID 29290727.
  2. ^ "Sphenoraia". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
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