Hemisphaerotini is a Neotropical tribe of tortoise beetles and hispines 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 at least 2 genera and more than 40 described species in Hemisphaerotini.
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The eggs, larvae and pupae have been described.[Chaboo, C.S., and T. Nguyen. 2004. Immatures of ''Hemisphaerota palmarum'' (Boheman), with a discussion of the caudal process and shield architecture in the tribe Hemisphaerotini (Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). New Contributions in Biology of the Chrysomelidae: 171–184.]
Genera
These two genera belong to the tribe Hemisphaerotini:
* ''Hemisphaerota
''Hemisphaerota'' is a genus in the subfamily Cassidinae (tortoise beetles and 'hispines') in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 10 described species in ''Hemisphaerota''. Biology and morphology has been studied. The distribution range is ...
'' Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836
* '' Spaethiella'' Barber & Bridwell, 1940
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