''Margaridisa'' 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 at least 16 described species in ''Margaridisa''.

Species

These sixteen species belong to the genus ''Margaridisa'': * '' Margaridisa acalyphaea'' Bechyné, 1997 * '' Margaridisa atriventris'' (F. E. Melsheimer, 1847) * '' Margaridisa bahiensis'' (Bryant, 1942) * '' Margaridisa benficana'' Bechyné & Bechyné, 1961 * '' Margaridisa buritiensis'' Bechyné & Bechyné, 1978 * '' Margaridisa flavescens'' (Baly, 1976) * '' Margaridisa genalis'' Bechyné & Bechyné, 1978 * '' Margaridisa hippuriphilina'' Bechyné & Bechyné, 1978 * '' Margaridisa laevisulcata'' Bechyné & Bechyné, 1978 * '' Margaridisa luciana'' (Bechyné, 1955) * '' Margaridisa managua'' (Bechyné, 1957) * '' Margaridisa mattogrossensis'' (Bechyné, 1954) * '' Margaridisa mera'' Bechyné & Bechyné, 1978 * '' Margaridisa osmidia'' (Bechyné, 1955) * '' Margaridisa praesignata'' Bechyné, 1997 * '' Margaridisa reticulaticollis'' (Bechyné, 1955) * '' Margaridisa triangularis'' Bechyné & Bechyné, 1978

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