{{short description|Genus of beetles}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Cubispa | display_parents = 2 | authority = Barber, 1946 | type_species = ''Cubispa turquino'' | type_species_authority = Barber, 1946 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = * ''Cubispa esmeralda'' * ''Cubispa turquino'' }}
'''''Cubispa''''' is a genus of leaf beetles consisting of two species from Central America and the Caribbean. It is classified within the tribe Cubispini, which is placed within either the Eumolpinae or the Cassidinae. Beetles in the genus are wingless, and are associated with cloud forests.<ref name="Staines2000">{{cite journal|last=Staines|first=C. L.|year=2000|title=A new species of ''Cubispa'' Barber, 1946 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) from Guatemala|journal=Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift|volume=47|issue=1|pages=57–60|doi=10.1002/dez.200000006|doi-broken-date=11 July 2025|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/dez.200000006}}</ref>
==Taxonomy== The genus ''Cubispa'' was originally established by Herbert Spencer Barber for a single species described from Cuba, ''Cubispa turquino'', and was placed in the subfamily Hispinae (now included in Cassidinae), in the tribe Cephaloleini. It was transferred to the subfamily Eumolpinae in 1954 by Francisco Monrós, who placed the genus in its own tribe, Cubispini.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Monrós|first=F.|year=1954|title=Notes and synonyms in Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera)|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16179072|journal=Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington|volume=56|issue=1|pages=23–26}}</ref> A second species for the genus, ''Cubispa esmeralda'', was described by C.L. Staines from Guatemala in 2000.<ref name="Staines2000"/> A second genus, ''Lobispa'', was described and placed in the tribe Cubispini in 2001.<ref name="Staines2001">{{cite journal|first=C. L.|last=Staines|year=2001|title=A new genus and two new species of Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from tropical America|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16279340|journal=Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington|volume=103|issue=1|pages=98–102}}</ref>
According to Borowiec & Świętojańska (2014), the placement of the tribe Cubispini and the genus ''Cubispa'' is still uncertain, and they prefer to exclude ''Cubispa'' from Eumolpinae and retain it in Cassidinae.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Lech|last1=Borowiec|first2=Jolanta|last2= Świętojańska|year=2014|chapter=2.7.2 Cassidinae Gyllenhal, 1813|pages=198–217|editor-last1=Leschen|editor-first1=R.A.B.|editor-last2=Beutel|editor-first2=R.G.|title=Handbook of Zoology. Arthropoda: Insecta: Coleoptera: Volume 3: Morphology and Systematics (Phytophaga)|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|place=Berlin - Boston|isbn=978-3-11-027370-0|doi=10.1515/9783110274462.189}}</ref>
==Species== There are two species included in ''Cubispa'':<ref name="Staines2000"/> * ''Cubispa esmeralda'' <small>Staines, 2000</small> – found in Guatemala * ''Cubispa turquino'' <small>Barber, 1946</small> – found in Cuba
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{taxonbar|from1=Q1985038}}
Category:Eumolpinae Category:Cassidinae Category:Chrysomelidae genera Category:Beetles of Central America Category:Insects of Cuba Category:Wingless beetles Category:Taxa named by Herbert Spencer Barber