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Genus Monomacra

Monomacra opaca Wilcox - Monomacra opaca Monomacra bumeliae (Schaeffer) - Monomacra bumeliae - 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 Galerucinae (Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles)
Tribe Alticini (Flea Beetles)
No Taxon (Monomacra Genus Group)
Genus Monomacra
Explanation of Names
Monomacra Chevrolat in Dejean 1836
Numbers
a large "catch all" group; the two spp. in the US don't belong in this genus(1)
Range
widespread neotropical group ranging into sw. US (AZ, TX)(1)
Food
host: Bumelia(1)
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.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 5 November, 2010 - 11:17am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 27 March, 2013 - 7:16pm

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