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{{short description|Genus of beetles}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Cubispa
| display_parents = 2
| authority = [[Herbert Spencer Barber|Barber]], 1946
| type_species = ''[[Cubispa turquino]]''
| type_species_authority = [[Herbert Spencer Barber|Barber]], 1946
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision =
* ''[[Cubispa esmeralda]]''
* ''[[Cubispa turquino]]''
}}
'''''Cubispa''''' is a genus of [[leaf beetle]]s consisting of two species from [[Central America]] and the [[Caribbean]]. It is classified within the tribe [[Cubispini]], which is placed within either the [[Eumolpinae]] or the [[Cassidinae]]. Beetles in the genus are [[wingless insect|wingless]], and are associated with [[cloud forest]]s.<ref name="Staines2000">{{cite journal|last=Staines|first=C. L.|year=2000|title=A new species of ''Cubispa'' Barber, 1946 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) from Guatemala|journal=[[Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift]]|volume=47|issue=1|pages=57–60|doi=10.1002/dez.200000006|doi-broken-date=1 November 2024|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/dez.200000006}}</ref>
==Taxonomy==
The genus ''Cubispa'' was originally established by [[Herbert Spencer Barber]] for a single species described from Cuba, ''Cubispa turquino'', and was placed in the subfamily Hispinae (now included in [[Cassidinae]]), in the tribe [[Cephaloleini]]. It was transferred to the subfamily Eumolpinae in 1954 by Francisco Monrós, who placed the genus in its own tribe, [[Cubispini]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Monrós|first=F.|year=1954|title=Notes and synonyms in Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera)|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16179072|journal=[[Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington]]|volume=56|issue=1|pages=23–26}}</ref> A second species for the genus, ''Cubispa esmeralda'', was described by C.L. Staines from Guatemala in 2000.<ref name="Staines2000"/> A second genus, ''[[Lobispa]]'', was described and placed in the tribe Cubispini in 2001.<ref name="Staines2001">{{cite journal|first=C. L.|last=Staines|year=2001|title=A new genus and two new species of Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from tropical America|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16279340|journal=[[Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington]]|volume=103|issue=1|pages=98–102}}</ref>
According to Borowiec & Świętojańska (2014), the placement of the tribe Cubispini and the genus ''Cubispa'' is still uncertain, and they prefer to exclude ''Cubispa'' from Eumolpinae and retain it in Cassidinae.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Lech|last1=Borowiec|first2=Jolanta|last2= Świętojańska|year=2014|chapter=2.7.2 Cassidinae Gyllenhal, 1813|pages=198–217|editor-last1=Leschen|editor-first1=R.A.B.|editor-last2=Beutel|editor-first2=R.G.|title=Handbook of Zoology. Arthropoda: Insecta: Coleoptera: Volume 3: Morphology and Systematics (Phytophaga)|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|place=Berlin - Boston|isbn=978-3-11-027370-0|doi=10.1515/9783110274462.189}}</ref>
==Species==
There are two species included in ''Cubispa'':<ref name="Staines2000"/>
* ''[[Cubispa esmeralda]]'' <small>Staines, 2000</small> – found in [[Guatemala]]
* ''[[Cubispa turquino]]'' <small>[[Herbert Spencer Barber|Barber]], 1946</small> – found in [[Cuba]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
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[[Category:Eumolpinae]]
[[Category:Cassidinae]]
[[Category:Chrysomelidae genera]]
[[Category:Beetles of Central America]]
[[Category:Insects of the Caribbean]]
[[Category:Wingless beetles]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Herbert Spencer Barber]]
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