''Neolema'' is a genus of leaf beetles in the family
Chrysomelidae
The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making up one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle ...
. Eight described species currently are placed in ''Neolema''.
Species
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Neolema cordata
''Neolema cordata'' is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae
The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 ...
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R. White, 1993
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Neolema dorsalis
''Neolema dorsalis'' is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostl ...
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(Olivier
Olivier is the French form of the given name Oliver. It may refer to:
* Olivier (given name), a list of people and fictional characters
* Olivier (surname), a list of people
* Château Olivier, a Bordeaux winery
*Olivier, Louisiana, a rural popul ...
, 1791)
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Neolema ephippium
''Neolema ephippium'' is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae
The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 ...
''
(Lacordaire Lacordaire is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Jean Théodore Lacordaire (1801–1870), Belgian entomologist
*Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire (1802–1861), French preacher
See also
*Colegio Lacordaire
*Lacordaire Academy
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, 1845)
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Neolema gundlachiana
''Neolema'' is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. Eight described species currently are placed in ''Neolema''.
Species
*'' Neolema cordata'' R. White, 1993
*'' Neolema dorsalis'' (Olivier, 1791)
*'' Neolema ephippium'' (Lacorda ...
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( Suffrian, 1874)
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Neolema jacobina
''Neolema'' is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. Eight described species currently are placed in ''Neolema''.
Species
*'' Neolema cordata'' R. White, 1993
*'' Neolema dorsalis'' (Olivier, 1791)
*'' Neolema ephippium'' (Lacorda ...
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(Linell, 1897)
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Neolema ovalis
''Neolema ovalis'' is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the ...
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R. White, 1993
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Neolema quadriguttata
''Neolema quadriguttata'' is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae
The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2 ...
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R. White, 1993
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Neolema sexpunctata
''Neolema sexpunctata'', the six-spotted neolema, is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae
The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000 ...
''
(Olivier
Olivier is the French form of the given name Oliver. It may refer to:
* Olivier (given name), a list of people and fictional characters
* Olivier (surname), a list of people
* Château Olivier, a Bordeaux winery
*Olivier, Louisiana, a rural popul ...
, 1808) (six-spotted neolema)
References
Further reading
* Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). ''American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea''. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida .
* Arnett, Ross H. (2000). ''American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico''. CRC Press.
* Richard E. White. (1983). ''Peterson Field Guides: Beetles''. Houghton Mifflin Company.
* Riley, Edward G., Shawn M. Clark, and Terry N. Seeno (2003). "Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae)". ''Coleopterists Society Special Publication no. 1'', 290.
* White, Richard E. (1968). ''A Review of the Genus Cryptocephalus in America North of Mexico''. Smithsonian Institution Press.
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