''Distigmoptera'' 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 16 described species in the genus ''Distigmoptera''. They are found in North America and the

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

* '' Distigmoptera apicalis'' Blake, 1943 * '' Distigmoptera borealis'' Blake, 1943 * '' Distigmoptera brevihirta'' Blake * '' Distigmoptera capillosa'' Blake * '' Distigmoptera chamorrae'' Konstantinov & Konstantinova, 2011 * '' Distigmoptera chrysodaedala'' Blake, 1951 * '' Distigmoptera falli'' Blake, 1943 * '' Distigmoptera foveolata'' Balsbaugh, 1968 * '' Distigmoptera impennata'' Blake, 1943 * '' Distigmoptera mesochorea'' Blake, 1943 * ''

Distigmoptera orchidophila ''Distigmoptera'' is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are 16 described species in the genus ''Distigmoptera''. They are found in North America and the Neotropical Realm, Neotropics. Selected species * ''Distigmoptera a ...

'' Blake, 1951 * '' Distigmoptera pilosa'' (Illiger, 1807) * '' Distigmoptera schwarzi'' Blake, 1943 * '' Distigmoptera texana'' Blake, 1943

References

Alticini Chrysomelidae genera Articles created by Qbugbot Taxa named by Doris Holmes Blake {{Galerucinae-stub