# Lamprosphaerus
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{{Short description|Genus of leaf beetles from Central and South America}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Lamprosphaerus
| display_parents = 2
| authority = [Baly](/source/Joseph_Sugar_Baly), 1859[{{cite journal|last=Baly|first=J. S.|year=1859|title=Descriptions of new genera and species of Phytophagous insects|journal=[Annals and Magazine of Natural History](/source/Annals_and_Magazine_of_Natural_History)|series=3|volume=4|issue=20|pages=124–128|doi=10.1080/00222935908697096}}]
| type_species = ''[Lamprosphaerus abdominalis](/source/Lamprosphaerus_abdominalis)''
| type_species_authority = [Baly](/source/Joseph_Sugar_Baly), 1859
| synonyms =
* ''Chalcoplacis'' [Baly](/source/Joseph_Sugar_Baly), 1865
(nec [Chevrolat ''in'' Dejean, 1836](/source/Chalcoplacis))[{{cite journal|last=Baly|first=J. S.|year=1864|title=Descriptions of new Genera and Species of Phytophaga|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14764253|journal=[Transactions of the Entomological Society of London](/source/Transactions_of_the_Entomological_Society_of_London)|volume=12|issue=4|pages=333–357|doi=10.1111/j.1365-2311.1864.tb00109.x}}]
* ''Phaedra'' [Chapuis](/source/Felicien_Chapuis), 1874
(nec [Horsfield, 1829](/source/Phaedra_(butterfly)))[{{cite contribution|last=Chapuis|first=F.|year=1874|title=Tome dixième. Famille des phytophages|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9655043|editor-last1=Lacordaire|editor-first1=J.T.|editor-last2=Chapuis|editor-first2=F.|encyclopedia=Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Genera des coléoptères|volume=10 |publisher=Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret|place=Paris|pages=i–iv, 1–455}}]
* ''Phaedrias'' [Lefèvre](/source/%C3%89douard_Lef%C3%A8vre), 1885[{{cite journal|last=Lefèvre|first=É.|year=1885|title=Eumolpidarum hucusque cognitarum catalogus, sectionum conspectu systematico, generum sicut et specierum nonnullarum novarum descriptionibus adjunctis|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27434526|journal=Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège|series=2|volume=11|issue=16|pages=1–172}}]
}}
'''''Lamprosphaerus''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [leaf beetle](/source/leaf_beetle)s in the subfamily [Eumolpinae](/source/Eumolpinae). It is found in [Central America](/source/Central_America) and [South America](/source/South_America).[{{cite journal|last=Bechyné|first=J.|year=1953|title=Katalog der neotropischen Eumolpiden (Col. Phytoph. Chrysomeloidea)|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49645311|journal=Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey|volume=4|pages=26–303|language=German}}][{{cite journal|last=Flowers|first=R. Wills|year=1995|title=Some Corrections to the Generic Records of Central American Eumolpinae (Chrysomelidae: Coleoptera)|journal=[The Florida Entomologist](/source/The_Florida_Entomologist)|volume=78|issue=3|pages=553–557|doi=10.2307/3495545|jstor=3495545|url=http://journals.fcla.edu/flaent/article/view/59163|doi-access=free}}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}]
==Species==
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* ''[Lamprosphaerus abdominalis](/source/Lamprosphaerus_abdominalis)'' [Baly](/source/Joseph_Sugar_Baly), 1859[{{cite journal|last=Lefèvre|first=E.|year=1877|title=Descriptions de coléoptères nouveaux ou peu connus de la famille des Eumolpides (1re partie)|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8244443|journal=[Annales de la Société Entomologique de France](/source/Annales_de_la_Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_Entomologique_de_France)|series=5|volume=7|pages=115–166}}]
* ''[Lamprosphaerus elephas](/source/Lamprosphaerus_elephas)'' ([Baly](/source/Joseph_Sugar_Baly), 1878)
* ''[Lamprosphaerus femininus](/source/Lamprosphaerus_femininus)'' [Bechyné](/source/Jan_Bechyn%C3%A9), 1950
* ''[Lamprosphaerus femoratus](/source/Lamprosphaerus_femoratus)'' ([Baly](/source/Joseph_Sugar_Baly), 1878)
* ''[Lamprosphaerus fulvipes](/source/Lamprosphaerus_fulvipes)'' ([Jacoby](/source/Martin_Jacoby), 1881)
* ''[Lamprosphaerus fulvitarsis](/source/Lamprosphaerus_fulvitarsis)'' ([Jacoby](/source/Martin_Jacoby), 1890)
* ''[Lamprosphaerus gigas](/source/Lamprosphaerus_gigas)'' ([Jacoby](/source/Martin_Jacoby), 1897)
* ''[Lamprosphaerus gloriosus](/source/Lamprosphaerus_gloriosus)'' ([Lefèvre](/source/%C3%89douard_Lef%C3%A8vre), 1876)
* ''[Lamprosphaerus granarius](/source/Lamprosphaerus_granarius)'' ([Erichson](/source/Wilhelm_Ferdinand_Erichson), 1847)
* ''[Lamprosphaerus hirticollis](/source/Lamprosphaerus_hirticollis)'' ([Baly](/source/Joseph_Sugar_Baly), 1878)
* ''[Lamprosphaerus ingenuus](/source/Lamprosphaerus_ingenuus)'' ([Baly](/source/Joseph_Sugar_Baly), 1878)
* ''[Lamprosphaerus jacobyi](/source/Lamprosphaerus_jacobyi)'' [Bechyné](/source/Jan_Bechyn%C3%A9), 1953[{{cite journal|last1=Bechyné|first1=J.|last2=Springlovà de Bechyné|first2=B.|year=1961|title=Notas sobre Chrysomeloidea Neotropicais II|url=http://chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/sites/chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/files/1961_Separata_152.pdf|journal=Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi|series=New Series|volume=37|pages=1–93|archive-date=2019-05-11|access-date=2019-02-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511180157/http://chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/sites/chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/files/1961_Separata_152.pdf|url-status=dead}}]
* ''[Lamprosphaerus plagioderoides](/source/Lamprosphaerus_plagioderoides)'' [Bechyné](/source/Jan_Bechyn%C3%A9), 1955[{{cite journal|last=Bechyné|first=J.|year=1955|title=Reise des Herrn G. Frey in Sudamerika: Eumolpidae|url=http://chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/sites/chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/files/1955_Separata_107.pdf|journal=Entomologischen Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey|volume=6|pages=569–657|archive-date=2019-01-19|access-date=2019-02-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119175740/http://chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/sites/chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/files/1955_Separata_107.pdf|url-status=dead}}]
* ''[Lamprosphaerus regina](/source/Lamprosphaerus_regina)'' [Bechyné](/source/Jan_Bechyn%C3%A9), 1950
* ''[Lamprosphaerus rufipes](/source/Lamprosphaerus_rufipes)'' ([Chapuis](/source/Felicien_Chapuis), 1874)
* ''[Lamprosphaerus rufiventris](/source/Lamprosphaerus_rufiventris)'' ([Erichson](/source/Wilhelm_Ferdinand_Erichson), 1847)
* ''[Lamprosphaerus similis](/source/Lamprosphaerus_similis)'' [Bechyné](/source/Jan_Bechyn%C3%A9), 1950
* ''[Lamprosphaerus sumptuosus](/source/Lamprosphaerus_sumptuosus)'' ([Baly](/source/Joseph_Sugar_Baly), 1865)
* ''[Lamprosphaerus virens](/source/Lamprosphaerus_virens)'' [Bechyné](/source/Jan_Bechyn%C3%A9), 1950
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==References==
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Category:Eumolpinae
Category:Chrysomelidae genera
Category:Beetles of Central America
Category:Beetles of South America
Category:Taxa named by Joseph Sugar Baly
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