''Microtheca'' is a genus of

Chrysomelinae The Chrysomelinae are a subfamily of leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae), commonly known as broad-bodied leaf beetles or broad-shouldered leaf beetles. It includes some 3,000 species around the world. The best-known member is the notorious Colorado pot ...

(a subfamily of

leaf beetle 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 ...

s). It is native to South America, with two species also occurring in the southeastern United States as

introduced species An introduced species, alien species, exotic species, adventive species, immigrant species, foreign species, non-indigenous species, or non-native species is a species living outside its native distributional range, but which has arrived ther ...

Species

The genus includes the following 15 species: *'' Microtheca bechynei'' – Peru *'' Microtheca boliviana'' – Bolivia *'' Microtheca columbiana'' – Colombia *'' Microtheca freyi'' – Peru *'' Microtheca lacustris'' – Peru *'' Microtheca nitens'' – Bolivia *'' Microtheca ochroloma'' (yellow-margined leaf beetle) – Brazil, Argentina, Chile, North America (introduced) *'' Microtheca orophila'' – Bolivia *'' Microtheca parvula'' – Argentina *'' Microtheca picea'' – Uruguay, North America (introduced) *'' Microtheca piceitarsis'' – Brazil *'' Microtheca planicollis'' – Argentina, Brazil *'' Microtheca punctigera'' – Argentina, Chile, Brazil *'' Microtheca rubricollis'' – Chile *'' Microtheca semilaevis'' – Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Peru *'' Microtheca weyrauchi'' – Peru

References

Chrysomelidae genera Chrysomelinae Beetles of North America Beetles of South America Taxa named by Carl Stål {{Chrysomelinae-stub