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Monotypic Chrysomelidae genera

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Brucita
Brucita is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There is one described species in Brucita, B. marmorata. They are found in Texas and Guatemala.
Lythraria
Lythraria is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae, containing a single described species, Lythraria salicariae, from the Palaearctic.
Carinispa
Carinispa is a leaf beetle genus of the tribe Chalepini with one known species, Carinispa nevermanni. It is found in Central America.
Floridocassis
Floridocassis is a genus of tortoise beetles in the family Chrysomelidae, containing a single species, F. repudiata.
Pseudandroya
Pseudandroya is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Pseudandroya livingstonei, which is found in Tanzania and Zambia.
Lepinaria
Lepinaria is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae, found in Tioman Island, an island off the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. It contains only one species, Lepinaria merkli. It is related to Lepina, but the body form resembles that of Pachnephorus.
Callanispa
Callanispa is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Callanispa rasa, which is found in South Africa.
Tegocassis
Tegocassis is a genus of beetles that belongs to the family of leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae), containing a single species, T. corpulenta.
Glyptosceloides
Glyptosceloides is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae, found in the Coquimbo Region of Chile. It contains only one species, Glyptosceloides dentatus. The generic name comes from the genus Glyptoscelis, referring to how Glyptosceloides dentatus resembles Glyptoscelis pulvinosus. The specific name refers to the broad tooth present on the profemora (the femora of the front legs). The males have enlarged mandibles and a larger head.
Silana
genus of tortoise beetles
Cyclotrypema
Cyclotrypema is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There is one described species in Cyclotrypema, Cyclotrypema furcata. They are found in Texas and Mexico.
Fasta
thumb|F. fastuosa in copula Fasta is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Fasta fastuosa, also known as the dead-nettle leaf beetle. It is found in Europe to Central Asia, including the Caucasus even possibly northern Turkey and has also been recorded from North America, where it is an adventive species.
Colaspinella
Colaspinella is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It contains only one species, Colaspinella grandis. It is endemic to Turkey.
Strongylocassis
Strongylocassis is a genus of tortoise beetles in the family Chrysomelidae, containing a single species, S. atripes.
Xenicomorpha
Xenicomorpha is a genus of beetle belonging to the leaf beetle family, Chrysomelidae, containing a single species, X. scapularis. Both the larvae and the adults (imago) are herbivores.
Colaspina
Colaspina is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It contains only one species, Colaspina saportae, known from Spain and southern France (Provence). The species was first described from Aix-en-Provence in 1863 by Auguste Jean François Grenier, who dedicated it to the Marquess of Saporta. It has recently been suggested that Colaspina is possibly a sister genus to both Chalcosicya and Mediterranean Colaspidea combined.
Bromius
genus of leaf beetles
Keitheatus
Keitheatus is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There is one described species in Keitheatus, Keitheatus blakeae. They are found in Texas and Mexico.
Opacinota
Opacinota is a genus of tortoise beetles in the family Chrysomelidae, containing a single species, O. bisignata.