Spintherophyta is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. Most species in the genus are found in Central and South America, but there are also a few North American species.
Species
These species belong to the genus Spintherophyta:
- Spintherophyta antennata <small>(Lefèvre, 1887)</small>
- Spintherophyta arizonensis <small>Schultz, 1976</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g b</sup></span>
- Spintherophyta atroviolacea <small>(Jacoby, 1890)</small>
- Spintherophyta aurichalcea <small>(Germar, 1824)</small>
- Spintherophyta callida <small>(Bechyné, 1950)</small>
- Spintherophyta championi <small>(Jacoby, 1881)</small>
- Spintherophyta collaris <small>(Lefèvre, 1885)</small>
- Spintherophyta corrusca <small>(Lefèvre, 1877)</small>
- Spintherophyta cribricollis <small>(Lefèvre, 1889)</small>
- Spintherophyta cyanipennis <small>(Jacoby, 1890)</small>
- Spintherophyta diversicornis <small>(Jacoby, 1900)</small>
- Spintherophyta erythropoda <small>(Bechyné, 1953)</small>
- Spintherophyta exigua <small>Schultz, 1976</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Spintherophyta festiva <small>(Lefèvre, 1877)</small>
- Spintherophyta flavipes <small>(Jacoby, 1881)</small>
- Spintherophyta frontalis <small>Lefèvre, 1877</small>
- Spintherophyta fruhstorferi <small>(Bechyné, 1955)</small>
- Spintherophyta fulvicornis <small>(Jacoby, 1890)</small>
- Spintherophyta fuscitarsis <small>(Lefèvre, 1877)</small>
- Spintherophyta globosa <small>(Olivier, 1808)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g b</sup></span>
- Spintherophyta granulata <small>(Jacoby, 1890)</small>
- Spintherophyta hoegei <small>(Jacoby, 1881)</small>
- Spintherophyta igneicollis <small>(Baly, 1864)</small>
- Spintherophyta ignita <small>(Lefèvre, 1877)</small>
- Spintherophyta jacobyi <small>Sublett & Cook, 2021</small>
- Spintherophyta jucunda <small>(Lefèvre, 1885)</small>
- Spintherophyta kirschi <small>(Harold, 1874)</small>
- Spintherophyta laevicollis <small>(Lefèvre, 1885)</small>
- Spintherophyta laevigata <small>(Lefèvre, 1878)</small>
- Spintherophyta lectiuncula <small>(Bechyné, 1951)</small>
- Spintherophyta lectiuncula lectiuncula <small>(Bechyné, 1951)</small>
- Spintherophyta lectiuncula polychromella <small>Bechyné, 1958</small>
- Spintherophyta limitropha <small>(Bechyné, 1950)</small>
- Spintherophyta lunai <small>(Bechyné, 1951)</small>
- Spintherophyta malaisei <small>(Bechyné, 1949)</small>
- Spintherophyta marginicollis <small>(Jacoby, 1881)</small>
- Spintherophyta melania <small>(Bechyné, 1955)</small>
- Spintherophyta minuta <small>(Jacoby, 1881)</small>
- Spintherophyta nana <small>(Jacoby, 1890)</small>
- Spintherophyta olaena <small>(Bechyné, 1951)</small>
- Spintherophyta opacicollis <small>(Lefèvre, 1885)</small>
- Spintherophyta opulenta <small>(Lefèvre, 1877)</small>
- Spintherophyta ornata <small>(Jacoby, 1881)</small>
- Spintherophyta ornaticollis <small>(Jacoby, 1881)</small>
- Spintherophyta paraguayensis <small>(Jacoby, 1898)</small>
- Spintherophyta parvula <small>(Lefèvre, 1885)</small>
- Spintherophyta parvula crassa <small>(Bechyné, 1955)</small>
- Spintherophyta parvula parvula <small>(Lefèvre, 1885)</small>
- Spintherophyta podtianguini <small>(Bechyné, 1951)</small>
- Spintherophyta praestans <small>(Bechyné, 1950)</small>
- Spintherophyta pubescens <small>(Jacoby, 1881)</small>
- Spintherophyta pucaya <small>(Bechyné, 1955)</small>
- Spintherophyta punctum <small>Gilbert & Clark, 2020</small>
- Spintherophyta purpurea <small>(Harold, 1874)</small>
- Spintherophyta purpureicollis <small>(Jacoby, 1881)</small>
- Spintherophyta pusilla <small>(Jacoby, 1890)</small>
- Spintherophyta querula <small>(Bechyné, 1950)</small>
- Spintherophyta reticulata <small>(Lefèvre, 1885)</small>
- Spintherophyta semiaurata <small>(Klug, 1829)</small>
- Spintherophyta servula <small>(Lefèvre, 1887)</small>
- Spintherophyta simplocarina <small>(Bechyné, 1954)</small>
- Spintherophyta subsericea <small>(Bechyné, 1955)</small>
- Spintherophyta sulcifrons <small>(Harold, 1874)</small>
- Spintherophyta surrabaya <small>(Bechyné, 1955)</small>
- Spintherophyta thoracica <small>(Jacoby, 1881)</small>
- Spintherophyta tibialis <small>(Lefèvre, 1889)</small>
- Spintherophyta trinidadensis <small>(Bechyné, 1951)</small>
- Spintherophyta versicolor <small>(Lefèvre, 1876)</small>
- Spintherophyta vicina <small>(Jacoby, 1890)</small>
- Spintherophyta violacea <small>Jacoby, 1890</small>
- Spintherophyta violaceipennis <small>(Horn, 1892)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g b</sup></span>
- Spintherophyta viridiceps <small>(Bechyné, 1950)</small>
- Spintherophyta viridis <small>(Lefèvre, 1876)</small>
<small>Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net</small>
Synonyms:
- Spintherophyta alutacea <small>(Jacoby, 1898)</small>: synonym of Spintherophyta opacicollis <small>(Lefèvre, 1885)</small>
- Spintherophyta cupriceps <small>(Lefèvre, 1877)</small>: moved to Brachypnoea
- Spintherophyta fulgurans <small>(Harold, 1874)</small>: synonym of Spintherophyta igneicollis <small>(Baly, 1864)</small>
- Spintherophyta incerta <small>(Lefèvre, 1876)</small>: synonym of Spintherophyta igneicollis <small>(Baly, 1864)</small>
- Spintherophyta laticollis <small>(Jacoby, 1900)</small>: synonym of Spintherophyta igneicollis <small>(Baly, 1864)</small>
- Spintherophyta maronica <small>(Bechyné, 1950)</small>: synonym of Spintherophyta igneicollis <small>(Baly, 1864)</small>
- Spintherophyta nigrita <small>(Baly, 1878)</small>: moved to Nycterodina
- Spintherophyta peruana <small>(Jacoby, 1898)</small>: synonym of Spintherophyta igneicollis <small>(Baly, 1864)</small>
- Spintherophyta pilosa <small>(Lefèvre, 1877)</small>: moved to Trichospinthera
- Spintherophyta punctatostriata <small>(Lefèvre, 1875)</small>: moved to Nycterodina
- Spintherophyta subcostata <small>(Jacoby, 1900)</small>: moved to Nycterodina
- Spintherophyta tarsalis <small>(Lefèvre, 1885)</small>: moved to Nycterodina, synonym of Nycterodina nigrita <small>(Baly, 1878)</small>
Renamed species:
- Spintherophyta fulvicornis <small>(Jacoby, 1890: 197)</small> (secondary junior homonym of Spintherophyta fulvicornis <small>(Jacoby, 1890: 185)</small>), renamed to Spintherophyta jacobyi <small>Sublett & Cook, 2021</small>
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