Species Leptinotarsa haldemani - Haldeman's Green Potato Beetle

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Green Beetle of some kind - Leptinotarsa haldemani

Dark blue Leptinotarsa haldemani? - Leptinotarsa haldemani

Leptinotarsa haldemani (Rogers) - Leptinotarsa haldemani

beetle eating Datura - Leptinotarsa haldemani

On a strange Datura - Leptinotarsa haldemani

Coleoptera-Chrysomelidae - Leptinotarsa haldemani

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Long-horned and Leaf Beetles)

Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Subfamily Chrysomelinae

Tribe Chrysomelini

Subtribe Doryphorina

Genus Leptinotarsa

Species haldemani ( Haldeman's Green Potato Beetle)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Author: Rogers, 1856

Explanation of Names

Horace Haldeman was one of the first persons to concentrate on collecting insects in Texas. He sent his specimens, mostly beetles, to his entomologist brother, Samuel S. Haldeman, and a noted coleopterist, John L. LeConte, for description.

Numbers

10 spp. n. of Mex. (1)

Identification

Specimens can be purple, green or dark blue:

Range

AZ-TX-OK / Mex. / C. Amer. (2)

Food

Members of the Solanaceae or Night-Shade family (3)

Print References

Rogers, W.F. 1856. Synopsis of species of Chrysomela and allied genera inhabiting the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8: 29-39.

Internet References

Texas Beetles - Mike Quinn

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)

2.	Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico By Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno

3.	Host Plants of Leaf Beetle Species Occuring in the United States and Canada By Shawn Clark, Douglas LeDoux, Terry Seeno, Edward Riley, Arthur Gilbert, and James Sullivan. 2004.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 8 July, 2007 - 9:35am
Last updated 5 December, 2011 - 2:43pm

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