Anisostena Explained

Anisostena is a genus of tortoise beetles and hispines in the family Chrysomelidae. There are at least 30 described species in Anisostena.

Species

These 30 species belong to the genus Anisostena:

• Anisostena angustata Pic, 1934
• Anisostena ariadne (Newman, 1841)
• Anisostena arizonica Schaeffer, 1933
• Anisostena bellula (Baly, 1864)
• Anisostena bicolor (J.Smith, 1885)
• Anisostena bicoloriceps Pic, 1928
• Anisostena bondari (Maulik, 1929)
• Anisostena breveapicalis Pic, 1934
• Anisostena californica Van Dyke, 1925
• Anisostena confusa Staines, 1994
• Anisostena cyanea Staines, 1994
• Anisostena cyanoptera (Suffrian, 1868)
• Anisostena daguerrei Uhmann, 1938
• Anisostena elegantula (Baly, 1864)
• Anisostena funesta (Baly, 1885)
• Anisostena gracilis (Horn, 1883)
• Anisostena kansana Schaeffer, 1933
• Anisostena lecontii (Baly, 1864)
• Anisostena missionensis Monrós & Viana, 1947
• Anisostena nigrita (Olivier, 1808)
• Anisostena nunenmacheri (Weise, 1907)
• Anisostena perspicua (Horn, 1883)
• Anisostena pilatei (Baly, 1864)
• Anisostena prompta Weise, 1910
• Anisostena scapularis Uhmann, 1964
• Anisostena suturalis (Weise, 1907)
• Anisostena texana Schaeffer, 1933
• Anisostena trilineata (Baly, 1864)
• Anisostena vittata Staines, 1994
• Anisostena warchalowskii Staines, 2007

Further reading

• A revision of the genus Anisostena Weise (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Hispinae). Part II. The subgenus Anisostena: Key to the species groups and the ariadne species group. 1994. Staines . C. L.. Insecta Mundi. 8. 1–2. 125–135. 0749-6737.
• A revision of the genus Anisostena Weise (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Hispinae). Part III. The pilatei species group. 1994. Staines . C. L.. Insecta Mundi. 8. 3–4. 213–226. 0749-6737.
• Annotated list of the leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Kentucky: Subfamily Cassidinae. 2007. Barney . R. J.. Clark . S. M.. Riley . E. G.. Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science. 68. 2. 132–144. 10.3101/1098-7096(2007)68[132:ALOTLB]2.0.CO;2. 198148537.
• Book: A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). 1999. Borowiec . Lech. Biologicae Silesiae. 978-83-909804-4-7.
• Book: Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). 2003. Riley . Edward G.. Clark . Shawn M.. Seeno . Terry N.. The Coleopterists' Society. Special Publication No. 1. 978-0-9726087-1-8.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. 2013. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-26091-7.