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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) » Case-bearing Leaf Beetles (Cryptocephalinae) » Cryptocephalini » Pachybrachina » Scriptured Leaf Beetles (Pachybrachis) » Pubescent Pachys (Pachybrachis Pubescent Pachys) » Pachybrachis morosus

Species Pachybrachis morosus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Cryptocephalinae (Case-bearing Leaf Beetles)
Tribe Cryptocephalini
Subtribe Pachybrachina
Genus Pachybrachis (Scriptured Leaf Beetles)
No Taxon (Pubescent Pachys)
Species morosus (Pachybrachis morosus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pachybrachis haematodes Suffrian is synonymized under P. morosus (new synonymy) (1)
Explanation of Names
Pachybrachis morosus Haldeman, 1849
moros (L). 'fretful' (2)
Identification

Det. E. G. Riley, 2011
Range
e. US to AZ (AZ-FL-NY-MN) - Map (3)(4)(1)
Season
Mar-Apr (BG data),(5)
Food
Oaks (Quercus) (6)
Print References
Barney, R.J. 2019. Definition and revision of the pubescens species-group of North American Pachybrachis Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae), including descriptions of three new species. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 73(4): 1017-1048. (1)
Haldeman, S.S. 1849. Cryptocephalinarum Boreali-Americae diagnoses cum speciebus novis Musei Lecontiani. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. (ser. 2) 1: 245-265.
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
Works Cited
1.Definition and revision of pubescens species-group of NA Pachybrachis (Chrysomelidae), including descriptions of three n. spp.
Barney, R.J. 2019. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 73(4): 1017-1048.
2.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
3.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
5.Abundance and distribution of potential arthropod prey species in a typical Golden-cheeked Warbler habitat.
Quinn, M.A. 2000. Unpublished Thesis. Texas A&M University, College Station. ix + 182 pp.
6.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 1 April, 2011 - 9:09am
Last updated 13 August, 2023 - 2:38pm

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