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Margaridisa
Genus
Margaridisa
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
Galerucinae (Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles)
Tribe
Alticini (Flea Beetles)
No Taxon
(Crepidodera Genus Group)
Genus
Margaridisa
Explanation of Names
Margaridisa
J. Bechyné 1958
Numbers
A single described + several undescribed (southern) species in our area, (dozens in the Neotropics, mostly unnamed)
(
1
)
Range
M. atriventris
ranges from se. Canada to FL & TX, at last 3 more (undescribed) -- across the southern US
(
1
)
Food
N. Amer. spp. on Euphorbiaceae (
Acalypha, Tragia
)
(
1
)
Works Cited
1.
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
Ed Riley
on 24 December, 2009 - 6:34pm
Additional contributions by
Mike Quinn
,
v belov
Last updated 12 May, 2013 - 5:22pm