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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Case-bearing Leaf Beetles (Cryptocephalinae) » Warty Leaf Beetles (Fulcidacini) » Diplacaspis » Diplacaspis prosternalis

Species Diplacaspis prosternalis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Diplacaspis prosternalis (Schaeffer) - Diplacaspis prosternalis

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 Cryptocephalinae (Case-bearing Leaf Beetles)

Tribe Fulcidacini (Warty Leaf Beetles)

Genus Diplacaspis

Species prosternalis (Diplacaspis prosternalis)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Diplacaspis prosternalis (Schaeffer)

Orig. Comb: Chlamys prosternalis Schaeffer 1906

Numbers

1 sp. n. of Mex. (1)

Size

Length 3-3.25 mm. (Schaeffer 1906)

Range

AZ, southmost TX to C. Amer. (1)(2)(BG data)

Food

mostly asso. w/ legumes, Acacia, Prosopis (Fabaceae) (3)

Remarks

Type Locality: Brownsville, Texas, (Yucca Ridges and Esperanza Ranch) July. (Schaeffer 1906)

See Also

The very distinct second scutellum, the not confluent elytral tubercles, together with the form of prosterntun, separate this species easily from any of the allied forms. In all of our metallic species the prosternum, behind the front coxae, is very narrow, with straight sides, while in prosternalis the prosternum is much broader and behind the coxae distinctly arcuate-emarginate. In foveolata the prosternum is also much broader, but the sides are straight, not emarginate.

Print References

Schaeffer, C. 1906. On new and known genera and species of the family Chrysomelidae. Brooklyn Institute Museum Science Bulletin 1(9): 221-253. (Full Text)

Internet References

Type info - Smithsonian

GBIF

Works Cited

1.	Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.

2.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

3.	Host plants of leaf beetle species occurring in the United States and Canada Clark et al. 2004. Coleopterists Society, Special Publication no. 2, 476 pp.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 15 October, 2009 - 10:57pm
Last updated 11 July, 2017 - 9:40am

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