Morphosphaera
Morphosphaera is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 11 described species in Morphosphaera. They are found in Indomalaya and eastern Asia.[1][2]

Morphosphaera sumatrana, Indonesia
| Morphosphaera | |
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| Morphosphaera chrysomeloides, Taiwan | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Coleoptera | 
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia | 
| Family: | Chrysomelidae | 
| Subfamily: | Galerucinae | 
| Tribe: | Hylaspini | 
| Genus: | Morphosphaera Baly, 1861  | 
Species
    
These 11 species belong to the genus Morphosphaera:[3][1]
- Morphosphaera albipennis Allard, 1889
 - Morphosphaera bimaculata Chujo, 1938
 - Morphosphaera caerulea (Schönfeldt, 1890)
 - Morphosphaera chrysomeloides (Bates, 1866)
 - Morphosphaera collaris Laboissière, 1930
 - Morphosphaera coomani Laboissière, 1930
 - Morphosphaera japonica (Hornstedt, 1788)
 - Morphosphaera maculicollis Baly, 1861
 - Morphosphaera montivaga Maulik, 1936
 - Morphosphaera sumatrana Jacoby, 1886
 - Morphosphaera takizawai Lee & Bezdĕk, 2016
 
References
    
- "Morphosphaera". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
 - Nie, R-E; Bezděk, J.; Yang, X-K (2017). "How many genera and species of Galerucinae s. str. do we know? Updated statistics (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). In: Chaboo CS, Schmitt M (Eds) Research on Chrysomelidae". ZooKeys (720): 91–102. doi:10.3897/zookeys.720.13517. PMC 5740445. PMID 29290727.
 - Lee, Chi-Feng; Bezděk, Jan (2016). "Revision of the genus Morphosphaera Baly (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae)". Zootaxa. 4179 (1): 1–41. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4179.1.1. PMID 27811689.
 
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