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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) » Eumolpinae » Adoxini » Section Leprotites » Xanthonia

Genus Xanthonia

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited

Xanthonia parva Riley & Quinn - Xanthonia parva - male

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 Eumolpinae

Tribe Adoxini

No Taxon (Section Leprotites)

Genus Xanthonia

Explanation of Names

Xanthonia Baly 1863

Numbers

20 spp. in our area(1)(2)

Identification

keys to spp.: e.NA(3) • w.NA(4) • TX(2)

Range

e NA to AZ to C. America(5)

Habitat

forests(5)

Food

Mostly associated with oaks (Quercus)(5)

Remarks

Many of the specimens representing records published in (3) but not included in Weisman’s original work should be re-examined(2)

Print References

Weisman D.M. (1960) A revision of the species of the genus Xanthonia Baly in America north of Mexico. Unpublished thesis, North Carolina State College, Raleigh. vii+69 pp.

Works Cited

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

2.	A taxonomic review of the Xanthonia species occurring in Texas (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae) Riley, E.G., D.M. Weisman, and M.A. Quinn. 2019. Zootaxa 4668(1): 001–029.

3.	The species of Xanthonia Baly 1863 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) in North America east of the Mississippi River Staines C.L., Weisman D.M. 2001. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 103: 157-183.

4.	Two new species of Xanthonia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) from the southwestern United States C. L. Staines and D. M. Weisman. 2001. J. New York Entomol. Soc. Vol. 109, No. 3-4: 354-359.

5.	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 tom murray on 8 January, 2006 - 3:41pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 27 February, 2024 - 8:24pm

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