Luperosoma Explained

Luperosoma is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about seven described species in Luperosoma. They are found in North America and the Neotropics.

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Luperosoma:

• Luperosoma amplicorne (Baly, 1886)
• Luperosoma nigrum Blake
• Luperosoma parallelum (Horn, 1893)
• Luperosoma parvulum (Jacoby, 1888)
• Luperosoma schwarzi (Horn, 1896)
• Luperosoma subsulcatum (Horn, 1893)
• Luperosoma vittatum Blake

Further reading

• 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.