Blepharida: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Chrysomelidae
- Genus
- Blepharida
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Blepharida
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Blepharida
Blepharida is a genus of leaf beetles of the subfamily Galerucinae. They have co-evolved with plants in the genus Bursera, which they feed on. The plants have developed a sticky, poisonous resin that sprays out when the leaves are bitten into, and the beetles have evolved to cut through the veins of the leaves to disable this mechanism first. There are currently 73 known species in Blepharida, which are found in the Nearctic, Neotropical, Afrotropical and southern Palearctic realms.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Acallepitrix
- Acanthonycha
- Acrocrypta
- Acrocyum
- Adamastoraltica
- Afroaltica
- Agasicles
- Allenaltica
- Alocypha
- Alticina
- Amphimela
- Anelytropleurica
- Anthobiodes
- Aphthona
- Aphthonoides
- Apraea
- Apteropeda
- Argopistoides
- Argopus
- Arrhenocoela
- Arsipoda
- Asiophrida
- Asutoshana
- Aulacothorax
- Ayalaia
- Babiohaltica
- Batophila
- Bechuana
- Bikasha
- Biodontocnema
- Blakealtica
- Blepharida
- Blepharidina
- Borbaita
- Borinken
- Burumoseria
- Cacoscelis
- Caeporis
- Caloscelis
- Calotheca
- Cangshanaltica
- Centralaphthona
- Cerataltica
- Chabria
- Chaetocnema
- Chalatenanganya
- Chaloenosoma
- Chaloenus
- Chirodica
- Chlamophora
- Chorodecta
- Chrysogramma
- Chrysomila
- Clavicornaltica
- Clitea
- Collartaltica
- Cornulactica
- Crepidodera
- Crimissa
- Cyrsylus
- Decaria
- Demarchus
- Derocrepis
- Deuteraltica
- Diacacoscelis
- Diamphidia
- Diboliina
- Dinaltica
- Diosyphraea
- Diphaltica
- Diphaulaca
- Diphaulacosoma
- Disonychina
- Docema
- Drakensbergianella
- Dysphenges
- Elithia
- Elytropachys
- Epitrix
- Erystus
- Eudolia
- Euphitrea
- Euplectroscelis
- Exocerus
- Febraina
- Gabonia
- Genaphthona
- Gioia
- Glenidion
- Glyptina
- Grammicopterus
- Heikertingerella
- Heikertingeria
- Hemiglyptus
- Hemilactica
- Hemiphrynus
- Hemipyxis
- Hermaeophaga
- Hespera
- Hildebrandtina
- Hippuriphila
- Homichloda
- Homoschema
- Hornaltica
- Hyphalticoda
- Iphitrea
- Iphitroides
- Iphitromela
- Iphitroxena
- Ivalia
- Jacobyana
- Lacpatica
- Lacpaticoides
- Lactina
- Lanka
- Linaltica
- Longitarsus
- Luperaltica
- Luperomorpha
- Lupraea
- Lypnea
- Lythraria
- Mandarella
- Manobidia
- Manobiina
- Mantura
- Margaridisa
- Maturacaita
- Meishania
- Mellipora
- Mesodera
- Mesopa
- Mesopana
- Metroserrapha
- Microdonacia
- Minota
- Mniophila
- Mniophilosoma
- Monomacra
- Monoplatina
- Myrcinoides
- Neocrepidodera
- Neodera
- Neodiphaulaca
- Neoglyptus
- Neorthana
- Neothona
- Nesaecrepida
- Nicaltica
- Nisotra
- Nonarthra
- Normaltica
- Notomela
- Notozona
- Ntaolaltica
- Ochrosis
- Ocnoscelis
- Octogonotes
- Oedionychina
- Ophrida
- Orestia
- Orestioides
- Orthocrepis
- Palaeothona
- Panilurus
- Paradibolia
- Paralactica
- Paralacticoides
- Paraminota
- Parasyphraea
- Parategyrius
- Parathrylea
- Parchicola
- Pepila
- Phrynocepha
- Phydanis
- Phygasia
- Phyllotreta
- Platiprosopus
- Plectrotetra
- Pleuraltica
- Podagrica
- Podagricomela
- Podontia
- Polyclada
- Prasona
- Procalus
- Propiasus
- Protopsilapha
- Pseudadorium
- Pseudodera
- Pseudodibolia
- Pseudodisonycha
- Pseudophygasia
- Pseudorthygia
- Psylliodes
- Resistenciana
- Rosalactica
- Sanckia
- Sangariola
- Scelidopsis
- Serraphula
- Sesquiphaera
- Sinocrepis
- Sphaeroderma
- Sphaerometopa
- Stegnaspea
- Stegnea
- Strabala
- Stuckenbergiana
- Suetes
- Suffrianaltica
- Sutrea
- Syphrea
- Systena
- Taiwanorestia
- Terpnochlorus
- Thrasychroma
- Toxaria
- Trachytetra
- Trichaltica
- Vilhenaltica
- Warchaltica
- Xuthea
- Zipangia
Child Taxa
- Blepharida alternata
- Blepharida alticola
- Blepharida atripennis
- Blepharida balyi
- Blepharida bryanti
- Blepharida conspersa
- Blepharida flavocostata
- Blepharida flohri
- Blepharida gabrielae
- Blepharida godmani
- Blepharida hinchahuevosi
- Blepharida humeralis
- Blepharida irrorata
- Blepharida jacobyana
- Blepharida johngi
- Blepharida judithae
- Blepharida lineata
- Blepharida maculicollis
- Blepharida melanoptera
- Blepharida mexicana
- Blepharida multimaculata
- Blepharida notozonae
- Blepharida pallida
- Blepharida parallela
- Blepharida punctatissima
- Blepharida quatuordecimpunctata
- Blepharida rhois
- Blepharida schlectendalii
- Blepharida singularis
- Blepharida sonorana
- Blepharida sonorstriata
- Blepharida sparsa
- Blepharida trifasciata
- Blepharida unami
- Blepharida variegatus
- Blepharida verdea
- Blepharida xochipala