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Genus Kuschelina

Gibbi Kusche-Chryso - Kuschelina gibbitarsa

Dark Sutured Kusche-Chryso - Kuschelina suturella

Thoracic-spotted Flea Beetle - Kuschelina thoracica

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)

Tribe Alticini (Flea Beetles)

Genus Kuschelina

Numbers

Nearctica lists 27 species of Kuschelina.

Identification

. . . swollen tarsal claw on the hindleg. This is a character of Kuschelina (and Capraita).

Contributed by tom murray on 22 December, 2005 - 9:15pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 4 July, 2008 - 10:12am

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