Nisotra

TaxID: 131675

Basic Information

Nisotra

Flea Beetles

Nisotra is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. They are found in Africa, Asia, and Australia. There are around 90 described species in Nisotra, including about 70 in Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. Many of these species are agricultural pests.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Coleoptera

Chrysomelidae

Nisotra

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Morphological Features

Adults of Nisotra are flea beetles with ovate to oblong elytra. The pronotum may be shining with sparse, fine punctures and slightly convex, or dull with micro-reticulation. Elytral punctures are either confused or arranged into paired longitudinal lines. Antennae with 11 antennomeres; length-to-width ratios vary among species. Aedeagus moderately to slightly curved in lateral view. Abdominal ventrite VIII well sclerotized, with short setae arranged into a transverse line along sides of apical margin and long setae in a transverse line inside apical margin, or with several pairs of long setae along apical margin; spiculum extremely long. Gonocoxae with apex widely rounded, curved dorsally or inwards, bearing 8–10 long setae.

Source: GBIF Life Stage: Adult Source Type: Taxonomic treatment
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Plazi taxonomic treatment

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (0 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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No distribution records available.

Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (8 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
GBMIN49148-17 BOLD:ADK3717 COI-5P 690 - - -
GBCCH11024-19 BOLD:ADV5034 COI-5P 1545 - - -
GBCCH11023-19 BOLD:ADV5034 COI-5P 633 - - -
GBCCH11022-19 - COI-3P 781 China - 38.073254, 104.69114
GBART37878-23 - 18S-5P 332 Madagascar - -
GBART33546-23 - 18S-5P 763 Unrecoverable - -
GBART33469-23 - 18S-5P 672 China - -
GBART13421-23 - 18S-5P 351 Unrecoverable - -

Literature