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s in the family

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. There are at least 20 described species in ''Micraspis'', found mainly in Southeast Asia, Australia, and Africa.

Species

These 20 species belong to the genus ''Micraspis'': * '' Micraspis aethiops'' Fürsch, 2002 * '' Micraspis afflicta'' (Mulsant, 1850) * '' Micraspis allardi'' (Mulsant, 1866) * '' Micraspis amoenula'' (Gerstäcker, 1871) * '' Micraspis angolensis'' (Mader, 1952) * '' Micraspis aphidectoides'' (Korschefsky, 1934) * '' Micraspis bennigseni'' (Weise, 1903) * '' Micraspis bidentata'' (Mulsant, 1853) * '' Micraspis confusa'' Pope, 1988 * '' Micraspis discolor'' (

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, 1798) * '' Micraspis flavovittata'' (

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, 1874) * '' Micraspis frenata'' (

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, 1842) * '' Micraspis furcifera'' (Guérin-Méneville, 1835) * '' Micraspis guerini'' (Mulsant, 1850) * '' Micraspis lineola'' (Fabricius, 1775) * '' Micraspis striata'' (Fabricius, 1792) * '' Micraspis unica'' Poorani, 2019 * '' Micraspis univittata'' (Hope, 1831) * '' Micraspis vincta'' (Gorham, 1895) * '' Micraspis yasumatsui'' Sasaji, 1968

References

Coccinellidae genera Taxa named by Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat {{Coccinellidae-stub