Lema (genus)

Lema is a genus of beetles in the family Chrysomelidae.[1]

Lema
Lema daturaphila
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Criocerinae
Tribe: Lemini
Genus: Lema
Fabricius, 1798

Selected species

At least 13 named species are in the genus Lema, organised into two subgenera:[2]

Subgenus Lema Curtis, 1830

  • Lema puncticollis Curtis, 1830

Subgenus Quasilema Monrós, 1951

Incertae sedis

References

  1. Arnett Jr., R. H.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea, Volume 2. CRC Press. p. 641.
  2. "Lema". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2017-07-28.


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