Subfamily Eumolpinae

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Spintherophyta violaceipennis (Horn) - Spintherophyta violaceipennis

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 Eumolpinae

Numbers

Five tribes, 25 genera, and approximately 145 species occur in America north of Mexico (1)

Identification

subglobose to oblong oval, small to medium beetles of dull or metallic coloration; head deflexed anteriorly, eyes entire or very minutely emarginate, antennae filiform; procoxae round, globose, separated by prosternum and closed behind; third tarsal segment deeply bilobed; elytra cover pygidium [description from Auburn University]

Life Cycle

Known larvae of Eumolpinae are subterranean root feeders (1)

Print References

Schultz, W.T. 1970. The Eumolpinae of America north of Mexico with revisions of selected genera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, The Ohio State University, Columbus. 342 pp.

Internet References

subfamily characteristics plus key to species occurring in Alabama (Auburn U., Alabama)

pinned and live images of Chrysochus auratus (Insects of Cedar Creek, Minnesota)

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.)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 20 August, 2005 - 1:30pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 25 February, 2009 - 4:02pm

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