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subgenus Chrysolina

Beetle? - Chrysolina staphylaea Beetle? - Chrysolina staphylaea Leaf Beetle - Chrysolina bankii Chrysomelidae - Chrysolina bankii Shiny brown beetle - Chrysolina bankii unknown beetle - Chrysolina bankii Voracious garden beetle in Virginia Beach - Chrysolina bankii Bronze Beetle - Chrysolina bankii
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 Chrysomelinae
Tribe Chrysomelini
Subtribe Doryphorina
Genus Chrysolina
No Taxon subgenus Chrysolina
Numbers
2 spp. in our area (both adventive), 5 total[Cite:364028,]
Range
Palaearctic group found across Europe & n. Eurasia, with 3 spp. endemic to Canary Is.(1)[Cite:364028,]
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.