{{Short description|Genus of beetles}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Hemisphaerota cyanea P1010619a.jpg | image_caption = ''Hemisphaerota cyanea'' | taxon = Hemisphaerota | authority = Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836 | synonyms = {{Taxon list | Porphyraspis | Hope, 1840 }} | synonyms_ref = <ref name=itis/> }}
'''''Hemisphaerota''''' is a genus in the subfamily Cassidinae (tortoise beetles and 'hispines') in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 10 described species in ''Hemisphaerota''.<ref name=itis/><ref name=gbif/><ref name=buglink/> thumb|''Hemisphaerota cyanea'' Biology and morphology has been studied.<ref>Chaboo, C.S., & T. Nguyen. 2004. Immatures of Hemisphaerota palmarum (Boheman), with a discussion of the caudal process and shield architecture in the tribe Hemisphaerotini (Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). New Contributions in Biology of the Chrysomelidae: 171–184.</ref> The distribution range is circum-Caribbean.<ref>Waite, Evan W.*, & Caroline S. Chaboo. 2021. Aruba is a new country record for Hemisphaerota cyanea (Say, 1824) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Hemisphaerotini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 75(2): 330–333.</ref>
==Species== These 10 species belong to the genus ''Hemisphaerota'': * ''Hemisphaerota besckei'' <small>(Boheman, 1850)</small> * ''Hemisphaerota cyanea'' <small>(Say, 1824)</small> (palmetto tortoise beetle) * ''Hemisphaerota fallax'' <small>(Suffrian, 1868)</small> * ''Hemisphaerota flavipes'' <small>Zayas, 1989</small> * ''Hemisphaerota gundlachi'' <small>(Boheman, 1862)</small> * ''Hemisphaerota materna'' <small>Zayas, 1952</small> * ''Hemisphaerota mulsanti'' <small>(Boheman, 1856)</small> * ''Hemisphaerota palmarum'' <small>(Boheman, 1856)</small> * ''Hemisphaerota quadrimaculata'' <small>Blake</small> * ''Hemisphaerota xanthocera'' <small>(Boheman, 1850)</small>
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=itis> {{Cite web| title=''Hemisphaerota'' Report | url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=719625 | website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System | access-date=2019-09-24 }}</ref>
<ref name=gbif> {{Cite web| title=''Hemisphaerota'' | url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1048550 | website=GBIF | access-date=2019-09-24 }}</ref>
<ref name=buglink> {{Cite web| title=''Hemisphaerota'' genus Information | url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/8905 | website=BugGuide.net | access-date=2019-09-24 }}</ref> }}
==Further reading== {{Refbegin}} * {{Cite journal | title = The New World tribes and genera of hispines (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) | date = 2002 | last1 = Staines | first1 = C. L. | journal = Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington | volume = 104| issue = 3| pages = 721–784 | issn = 0013-8797 | url = https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16186338#page/191/mode/1up }} * {{Cite journal | title = Annotated list of the leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Kentucky: Subfamily Cassidinae | date = 2007 | last1 = Barney | first1 = R. J. | last2 = Clark | first2 = S. M. | last3 = Riley | first3 = E. G. | journal = Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science | volume = 68| issue = 2| pages = 132–144 | doi = 10.3101/1098-7096(2007)68[132:ALOTLB]2.0.CO;2 | s2cid = 198148537 | url = https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/335735 }} * {{Cite book | title = A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) | date = 1999 | last1 = Borowiec | first1 = Lech | publisher = Biologicae Silesiae | isbn = 978-83-909804-4-7 }} * {{Cite book | title = Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae) | date = 2003 | last1 = Riley | first1 = Edward G. | last2 = Clark | first2 = Shawn M. | last3 = Seeno | first3 = Terry N. | publisher = The Coleopterists' Society | series = Special Publication No. 1 | isbn = 978-0-9726087-1-8 }} * {{Cite book | title = Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea | date = 2013 | editor-last1 = Lobl | editor-first1 = I. | editor-last2 = Smetana | editor-first2 = A. | publisher = Apollo Books | isbn = 978-90-04-26091-7 }} {{Refend}}
==External links== {{Refbegin}} * {{Commons category-inline|Hemisphaerota}} {{Refend}}
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