Omophoita cyanipennis

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Cladus: Phytophaga
Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Galerucinae
Tribus: Alticini
Subtribus: Oedionychina
Genus: Omophoita
Species: Omophoita cyanipennis

Omophoita cyanipennis, the eight-spotted flea beetle, is a species of flea beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, and North America.[1][2][3]
Eight-spotted flea beetle, Omophoita cyanipennis

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Omophoita cyanipennis:

Omophoita cyanipennis cyanipennis (Fabricius, 1798)
Omophoita cyanipennis octomaculata (Crotch, 1873)

References

"Omophoita cyanipennis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
"Omophoita cyanipennis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-22.

"Omophoita cyanipennis species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-22.

Further reading

Nie, R-E; Bezděk, J.; Yang, X-K (2017). "How many genera and species of Galerucinae s. str. do we know? Updated statistics (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). In: Chaboo CS, Schmitt M (Eds) Research on Chrysomelidae". ZooKeys (720): 91–102. doi:10.3897/zookeys.720.13517. PMC 5740445. PMID 29290727.
Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26091-7.