''Capraita'' is a genus of

flea beetle The flea beetle is any small, jumping beetle of the leaf beetle family (Chrysomelidae) that is part of the tribe (biology), tribe Alticini, which is part of the subfamily Galerucinae. Historically the flea beetles were classified as their own ...

s in the family

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 ...

. There are some 60 described species in the

Nearctic The Nearctic realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface. The Nearctic realm covers most of North America, including Greenland, Central Florida, and the highlands of Mexico. The parts of North America ...

and

Neotropics The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In biogeog ...

Selected species

* '' Capraita carinimera'' * '' Capraita circumdata'' (Randall, 1838) * '' Capraita cuyaba'' Bechyné, 1957 * '' Capraita durangoensis'' (Jacoby, 1892) * '' Capraita encarpalis'' * '' Capraita flavida'' (Horn, 1889) * '' Capraita indigoptera'' (J. L. LeConte, 1878) * '' Capraita nigrosignata'' (Schaeffer, 1920) (germander flea beetle) * '' Capraita obsidiana'' (Fabricius, 1801) * '' Capraita pervittata'' (Blake, 1927) * '' Capraita punzonensis'' * '' Capraita quercata'' (Fabricius, 1801) * '' Capraita saltatra'' (Blatchley, 1923) * '' Capraita scalaris'' (F. E. Melsheimer, 1847) * '' Capraita sexmaculata'' (Illiger, 1807) (Charlie Brown flea beetle) * '' Capraita spilonota'' (Blake, 1927) * '' Capraita stichocephala'' * '' Capraita sublaevis'' * '' Capraita subvittata'' (Horn, 1889) * '' Capraita suturalis'' (Fabricius, 1801) * '' Capraita texana'' (Crotch, 1873) * '' Capraita thelma'' * '' Capraita thyamoides'' (Crotch, 1873) * '' Capraita virkkii''

References

External links

* Alticini Chrysomelidae genera Articles created by Qbugbot {{Galerucinae-stub