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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) » Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles (Galerucinae) » Flea Beetles (Alticini) » Sphaeronychus Genus Group » Distigmoptera

Genus Distigmoptera

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Print References · Works Cited

Small Moss Stowaways - Larval Identification - Distigmoptera

hairy Flea Beetle, dorsal - Distigmoptera

Hairy Flea Beetle - Distigmoptera apicalis

Distigmoptera 2 - Distigmoptera apicalis

Small Insect larvae feeding on moss - Distigmoptera

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 (Sphaeronychus Genus Group)

Genus Distigmoptera

Explanation of Names

Distigmoptera Blake 1943

Numbers

9 spp. in our area, 12 total(1); not yet in guide:

D. falli Blake 1943 [AZ]

D. foveolata Balsbough, 198 [SC, Mex.]

D. mesochorea Blake, 1943 [MI - KS / WV]

D. schwarzi Blake 1943 [DC - LA]

Size

2-5 mm (Blake 1943)

Identification

oblong oval, varying from yellow brown to deep brownish or black, conspicuously pubescent, the hairs often in part erectish.

See Blake (1943) for key to spp.

Range

so. Canada (transcontinental) to C. America; absent from WA-CA(1)

Print References

Blake D.H. (1943) The generic position of Hypolampsis pilosa (Illiger) and some related new species (Coleoptera: Halticidae). Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 45: 207-221. Full text

Balsbaugh E.U., Kirk V.M. (1968) Distributional and ecological notes on Distigmoptera and Pseudolampsis with a description of a new species of Distigmoptera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). J. Kans. Ent. Soc. 41: 243–247.

Konstantinov A.S., et al. 2019. Discovery of the First Nearctic Moss-Eating Flea Beetle, Distigmoptera borealis Blake, 1943 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 73(3), 599-610.(2)

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.	Discovery of the First Nearctic Moss-Eating Flea Beetle, Distigmoptera borealis Blake, 1943 Konstantinov A.S., et al. 2019. The Coleopterists Bulletin 73(3): 599-610.

Contributed by v belov on 4 July, 2010 - 2:08am
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, Boris Bueche
Last updated 5 February, 2024 - 2:52pm

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