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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) » Black Pachys (Pachybrachis Black Pachys) » Pachybrachis nigricornis » Pachybrachis nigricornis autolycus

Subspecies Pachybrachis nigricornis autolycus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Pachybrachis o. othonus ? - Pachybrachis nigricornis - female Pachybrachis o. othonus ? - Pachybrachis nigricornis - female Pachybrachis nigricornis autolycus Fall - Pachybrachis nigricornis Pachybrachis nigricornis autolycus Fall - Pachybrachis nigricornis
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 (Black Pachys)
Species nigricornis (Pachybrachis nigricornis)
Subspecies autolycus (Pachybrachis nigricornis autolycus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pachybrachis nigricornis autolycus Fall
Orig. Comb: Pachybrachis autolycus Fall 1915
Explanation of Names
lycus (G). 'wolf' (1)
Identification

Det. E. G. Riley, 2013
Range
AZ-TX-IL-MT / BC-SK - [url=https://www.gbif.org/species/6277335] (2)(3)
Food
Large series collected from Desmodium (Fabaceae) (4)
See Also
Pachybrachis dubiosus LeConte
- Range: NM-TX-KS-CO / Mex.
Det. E. G. Riley, 2009

Pachybrachis nigricornis autolycus Fall
- Range: AZ-TX-IL-MT / BC-SK
Det. E. G. Riley, 2013

Pachybrachis othonus pallidipennis Suffrian
- Range: TX-LA-SK-AB
Det. E.G. Riley, 1996 (by examining the spmn)
Print References
Fall, H.C. 1915. A revision of the North American species of Pachybrachys. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 41: 291-486. (5)
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
4.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.
5.A revision of the North American species of Pachybrachys
H. C. Fall. 1915. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, Vol. 41, No. 3: 291–486 .
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 14 May, 2013 - 6:25pm
Last updated 14 August, 2022 - 8:17pm

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