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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Long-horned and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles (Galerucinae) » Galerucini » Section Schematizites » Monoxia

Genus Monoxia

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Range · Life Cycle · Remarks · Works Cited
chrysomelid? - Monoxia leaf beetle - Monoxia leaf beetle - Monoxia Galerucine Leaf Miner on Lycium - Monoxia - male Monoxia batisia Blatchley - Monoxia batisia Monoxia sp. - Monoxia Monoxia Monoxia
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 Galerucinae (Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles)
Tribe Galerucini
No Taxon (Section Schematizites)
Genus Monoxia
Numbers
16 spp n. of Mex. (1)
Identification
Species identification in this genus normally requires aedeagal examination, or at least examination of detailed characters that do not show up in the photographs. (S.M. Clark, pers. comm. to =v= 12.xi.2010)
Range
Most spp. north of Mexico are confined to the western half of the United States. (2)
Life Cycle
The larvae are leaf miners, or the feed on flowers or fruit. (2)
Remarks
As presently constituted, this New World genus contains 18 described species, all but two of them occurring in the United States. However, this is a heterogeneous group. Also some spp. are yet to be described. (2)
Works Cited
1.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
By Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno
2.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)
Contributed by Joyce Gross on 16 October, 2007 - 1:17am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 12 November, 2010 - 4:45pm

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