Species Chaetocnema concinna - Brassy Flea Beetle

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Works Cited

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)

Genus Chaetocnema

Species concinna (Brassy Flea Beetle)

Other Common Names

Brassy Turnip-flea, Tooth-legged Turnip-flea, Hop Flea, Brassy Hop Flea, Brassy Tooth-legged Flea Beetle, Beet Flea Beetle, Mangel Flea Beetle, Mangold Flea Beetle, Sugarbeet Flea (none official)(1)

Explanation of Names

Chaetocnema concinna (Marsham 1802)

Size

1.5–2.3 mm(1)

Identification

see(1)(2) for diagnostic details and excellent habitus photos

Range

mostly: ne N. Amer. (3)

native to, and common over most of, the Palaearctic; adventive in our area (first recorded in MA, 1979), established in ne. US and adjacent Canada; recorded also from TX & OR(1)

Habitat

wide variety of habitats (forests, fields, prairies, etc.)(1)

Food

preferred hosts are members of the Polygonaceae, but a variety of plants from ~10 other families have been recorded(1)

Works Cited

1.	Introduced leaf beetles of the Maritime Provinces, 9: Chaetocnema concinna (Marsham, 1802) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) L. LeSage & C.G. Majka. 2010. Zootaxa 2610: 27–49.

2.	Chaetocnema flea beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Alticini) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada Majka C.G., LeSage L. 2010. Journal of the Acadian Entomological Society 6: 34-38.

3.	Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.

Contributed by v belov on 18 November, 2010 - 2:47pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn
Last updated 7 January, 2014 - 12:54pm

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