Brontispa
Brontispa is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae. This genus includes significant palm pest species and is recorded from South-East Asia, Australia and the Pacific islands.
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| Brontispa longissima | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Cassidinae |
| Tribe: | Cryptonychini |
| Genus: | Brontispa Sharp, 1903[1] |
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Brontispa is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae.[2] This genus includes significant palm pest species and is recorded from South-East Asia, Australia and the Pacific islands.[3]
Species
[edit]- Brontispa archontophoenica Gressitt, 1960
- Brontispa balakae Gressitt, 1957
- Brontispa calami Gressitt, 1960
- Brontispa chalybeipennis (Zacher, 1913)
- Brontispa cyperaceae Gressitt, 1963
- Brontispa depressa (Baly, 1858)
- Brontispa eversi Gressitt, 1960
- Brontispa gleadowi Weise, 1905
- Brontispa lateralis Uhmann, 1953
- Brontispa limbata (Waterhouse, 1876)
- Brontispa linearis Spaeth, 1936
- Brontispa longissima (Gestro, 1885)
- Brontispa mariana Spaeth, 1937
- Brontispa minor Gressitt, 1957
- Brontispa norfolkensis Gressitt, 1960
- Brontispa palauensis (Esaki & Chûjô, 1943)
- Brontispa palmivora Gressitt, 1963
- Brontispa sacchari Gressitt, 1960
- Brontispa serricornis Gressitt, 1957
- Brontispa simonthomasi Gressitt, 1960
- Brontispa veitchiae Gressitt, 1960
Selected former species
[edit]- Brontispa castaneipennis Chûjô, 1937
References
[edit]- ^ Gressitt, J.L. (1960). "Papuan-West Polynesian Hispine Beetles" (PDF). Pacific Insects. 2 (1). Entomology Department, Bishop Museum: 518–530. Retrieved September 23, 2025.
- ^ Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Cryptonychini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved September 23, 2025.
- ^ GBIF: genus Brontispa Sharp, 1904 (retrieved 24 September 2025)