''Mantura'' 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 about 20 described species, from 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 ...
,
Palaearctic
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Th ...
, and
Oriental
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In English, it is largely a meto ...
regions.
Selected species
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Mantura chrysanthemi''
(Koch, 1803)
* ''
Mantura cylindrica''
Miller, 1880
* ''
Mantura floridana''
Crotch, 1873
* ''
Mantura fulvipes''
Jacoby, 1885
* ''
Mantura horioni''
Heikertinger, 1940
* ''
Mantura lutea''
(Allard, 1859)
* ''
Mantura mathewsii''
(Curtis, 1833)
* ''
Mantura obtusata''
(Gyllenhal, 1813)
* ''
Mantura pallidicornis''
(Waltl, 1839)
* ''
Mantura rustica''
(Linnaeus, 1767)
References
Further reading
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External links
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Alticini
Chrysomelidae genera
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Taxa named by James Francis Stephens
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