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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) » Luperini » Diabroticina » Section Diabroticites » Cucumber Beetles (Acalymma) » Acalymma peregrinum

Species Acalymma peregrinum

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Acalymma peregrinum (Jacoby) - Acalymma peregrinum
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 Luperini
Subtribe Diabroticina
No Taxon (Section Diabroticites)
Genus Acalymma (Cucumber Beetles)
Species peregrinum (Acalymma peregrinum)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Acalymma peregrinum (Jacoby)
Orig. Comb: Diabrotica peregrina Jacoby 1892
Numbers
5 spp. n. of Mex. (1)
Size
~4 mm long (Schaeffer 1905)
Identification

Det. E. G. Riley, 2010
Range
se. TX (Sabal Palm Sanc.; Welder Wildlife Ref.; Bastrop Co.; Brazos Co.; Travis Co.) to Mex. - Map (1)(2),(E.G.Riley, pers. comm. to MAQ, 2019, 2021)
Life Cycle
collected from field groundcherry (Physalis mollis) and Guadeloupe cucumber (Melothria pendula) in southern TX (3)
Remarks
described from Guerrero, Mexico, from a single specimen (Schaeffer 1905)
First reported for the US by Schaeffer (1905) from a small number of specimens taken near Brownsville, Texas.
A rare bird. (E.G.Riley, pers. comm. to MAQ, 2019)
See Also
uncommon form of Diabrotica adelpha Harold
- Range: OK-TX
Det. E.G. Riley, 2010
Print References
Jacoby, M. 1892. Biologia Centrali-Americana: Insecta. Coleoptera. Phytophaga (part). Volume VI, Part 1 (Supp.): Pg. 330-331, Tab. 43, Fig. 12.
Schaeffer, C. 1905. Some additional new genera and species of Coleoptera found within the limit of the United States. Science Bulletin of the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1(7): 141-179. (Full Text)
Internet References
Type - Natural History Museum (London)
Works Cited
1.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
3.Host plants of leaf beetle species occurring in the United States and Canada
Clark et al. 2004. Coleopterists Society, Special Publication no. 2, 476 pp.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 9 November, 2010 - 9:54am
Last updated 9 October, 2021 - 3:22pm

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