Microtheca (beetle)
Microtheca is a genus of Chrysomelinae. It is native to South America, with two species also occurring in the southeastern United States as introduced species.
Species
The genus includes the following 15 species:- Microtheca bechynei – Peru
- Microtheca boliviana – Bolivia
- Microtheca columbiana – Colombia
- Microtheca freyi – Peru
- Microtheca lacustris – Peru
- Microtheca nitens – Bolivia
- Microtheca ochroloma – Brazil, Argentina, Chile, North America
- Microtheca orophila – Bolivia
- Microtheca parvula – Argentina
- Microtheca picea – Uruguay, North America
- Microtheca piceitarsis – Brazil
- Microtheca planicollis – Argentina, Brazil
- Microtheca punctigera – Argentina, Chile, Brazil
- Microtheca rubricollis – Chile
- Microtheca semilaevis – Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Peru
- Microtheca weyrauchi – Peru