# Hemisphaerota

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{{Short description|Genus of beetles}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Hemisphaerota cyanea P1010619a.jpg
| image_caption = ''Hemisphaerota cyanea''
| taxon = Hemisphaerota
| authority = [Chevrolat](/source/Louis_Alexandre_Auguste_Chevrolat) in [Dejean](/source/Pierre_Fran%C3%A7ois_Marie_Auguste_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](/source/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](/source/Hemisphaerota_besckei)'' <small>(Boheman, 1850)</small>
* ''[Hemisphaerota cyanea](/source/Hemisphaerota_cyanea)'' <small>(Say, 1824)</small> (palmetto tortoise beetle)
* ''[Hemisphaerota fallax](/source/Hemisphaerota_fallax)'' <small>(Suffrian, 1868)</small>
* ''[Hemisphaerota flavipes](/source/Hemisphaerota_flavipes)'' <small>Zayas, 1989</small>
* ''[Hemisphaerota gundlachi](/source/Hemisphaerota_gundlachi)'' <small>(Boheman, 1862)</small>
* ''[Hemisphaerota materna](/source/Hemisphaerota_materna)'' <small>Zayas, 1952</small>
* ''[Hemisphaerota mulsanti](/source/Hemisphaerota_mulsanti)'' <small>(Boheman, 1856)</small>
* ''[Hemisphaerota palmarum](/source/Hemisphaerota_palmarum)'' <small>(Boheman, 1856)</small>
* ''[Hemisphaerota quadrimaculata](/source/Hemisphaerota_quadrimaculata)'' <small>Blake</small>
* ''[Hemisphaerota xanthocera](/source/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==
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* {{Commons category-inline|Hemisphaerota}}
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