
''Exema'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
leaf beetle
The beetle family Chrysomelidae, commonly known as leaf beetles, includes over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making it one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle families. Numerous s ...
s in the
tribe
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Fulcidacini. They occur worldwide, with 9
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
in
North America
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for example.
Selected species
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Exema byersi''
Karren, 1966[Balsbaugh & Hays (1972)]
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Exema canadensis''
Pierce, 1940[Insect Photo Album]
''Exema'' Species
Retrieved 2006-DEC-17.
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Exema chiricahuana''
Pierce, 1941
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Exema conspersa''
Mannerheim, 1843
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Exema deserti''
Pierce, 1940
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Exema dispar''
Lacordaire, 1848
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Exema elliptica''
Karren, 1966
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Exema gibber''
Fabricius, 1798
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Exema globensis''
Pierce, 1940
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Exema inyoensis''
Pierce, 1940
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Exema jenksi''
Pierce, 1940
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Exema mormona''
Karren, 1966
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Exema neglecta''
Blatchley, 1920
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Exema parvisaxi''
Pierce 1940
Footnotes
References
* (1972): The Leaf Beetles of Alabama. ''Bulletin of the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station'' 441: 1–223
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Cryptocephalinae
Chrysomelidae genera
Taxa named by Jean Théodore Lacordaire
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