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]
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.
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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.
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