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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 » Eumolpini » Section Iphimeites » Rhabdopterus

Genus Rhabdopterus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Works Cited
815W07 - Rhabdopterus weisei chrysomelid from Sarracenia pitcherplant bog - Rhabdopterus beetle - Rhabdopterus 3015544 leaf beetle - Rhabdopterus 3015544 leaf beetle - Rhabdopterus Rhabdopterus deceptor - Rhabdopterus Rhabdopterus beetle attracted to blacklight - Rhabdopterus
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 Eumolpini
No Taxon (Section Iphimeites)
Genus Rhabdopterus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Type species is South American and may not be congeneric with the Nearctic species(1)
Explanation of Names
Rhabdopterus Lefèvre 1877
Numbers
8 spp. in our area(2), ~70 total(1)
Identification
see (3)
Range
e.US to S.America(1); in our area, 3 spp. widespread in the east, remaining spp. restricted to TX, FL or se. US(2)
Food
notable hosts: Quercus, Smilax, Celtis, Vitis(1)
Print References
Barber H.S. (1943) Notes on Rhabdopterus in the United States (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. 38: 111‒120. (Full text)
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.
2.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
3.Review of the genus Rhabdopterus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in America north of Mexico
Schultz, W.T. 1977. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, Vol 70 (6): 968-974.
Contributed by tom murray on 14 January, 2006 - 6:29pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov, Arturo Santos
Last updated 27 February, 2024 - 9:01pm

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