Survey work from 1992-2001 identified 139 species of hispines at the lowland part of La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica. The tribe Cephaloleiini was the most speciose with 58 species (41.7%) followed by the Chalepini with 55 (39.5%). The fauna is most closely related to that in South America but with some genera which are more speciose in the Nearctic Region. Plant associations are known for 88 (63.3%) of the species but many of these are merely collecting records, not host plant associations. The first plant associations are reported for Alurnus ornatus, A. salvini, and Acentroptera nevermanni. © Charles L. Staines.
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Staines, C. L. (2011). Hispines (Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae) of La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica. ZooKeys, 157, 45–65. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.157.1338
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