''Arima'' is a genus of leaf beetles (
Chrysomelidae
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 ...
) belonging to the subfamily
Galerucinae
The Galerucinae are a large subfamily of the leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae), containing about 15,000 species in more than 1000 genera, of which about 500 genera and about 8000 species make up the flea beetle tribe Alticini.
The division into tr ...
. Species of this genus are found in France, on the Italian mainland, and in Sicily. They present clear
sexual dimorphism
Sexual dimorphism is the condition where sexes of the same species exhibit different Morphology (biology), morphological characteristics, including characteristics not directly involved in reproduction. The condition occurs in most dioecy, di ...
, as females are generally much larger than males.
Species
* ''
Arima brachyptera''
(Küster, 1844)
* ''
Arima buai''
Havelka, 1959
* ''
Arima marginata''
(Fabricius, 1781)
* ''
Arima maritima''
Bua, 1953
External links
''BioLib''''Fauna Europaea''
Galerucinae
Chrysomelidae genera
Taxa named by Félicien Chapuis
Beetles of Europe
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