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Gastrophysa
Genus
Gastrophysa
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class
Insecta (Insects)
Order
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder
Polyphaga
No Taxon
(Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily
Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)
Family
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)
Subfamily
Chrysomelinae
Tribe
Chrysomelini
Subtribe
Chrysomelina
Genus
Gastrophysa
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
=
Gastroidea
Explanation of Names
Gastrophysa
Chevrolat in Dejean 1836
'bulging belly' (refers to the distended abdomen of gravid females)
(
1
)
Numbers
4 spp. in our area, all in the nominate subgenus (another subgenus in the Palaearctic)
(
2
)
Range
holarctcic
(
2
)
Food
in our area, on Polygonaceae (
Polygonum, Rheum, Rumex
)
(
2
)
Works Cited
1.
Introduced leaf beetles of the Maritime Provinces, 8: Gastrophysa polygoni (Linnaeus) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
L. LeSage & C.G. Majka. 2009. Zootaxa 2047: 48-62.
2.
American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by
Lynette Elliott
on 11 July, 2005 - 8:51am
Additional contributions by
cotinis
,
Vox Sciurorum
,
v belov
Last updated 15 March, 2013 - 7:23pm