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Species Phyllotreta zimmermanni - Zimmerman's Flea Beetle

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 Phyllotreta

Species zimmermanni (Zimmerman's Flea Beetle)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Phyllotreta zimmermanni (Crotch)

Orig. Comb: Orchestris zimmermanni Crotch, 1873

Range

holarctic, incl. most of NA - Map (1)(2)(3).

Remarks

Considered invasive in this country. (Capinera 2002)

See Also

First 4 antennal segments of liebecki light brown, 5-11 dark brown; male with 5th antennal segment stouter than striolata but less stout than in P. zimmermanni. (4)

Det. Boris Büche, 2017

Print References

Capinera, J.L. 2002. North American Vegetable Pests. The Pattern of Invasion. American Entomologist. Spring

Crotch, G.R. 1873. Materials for the study of the Phytophaga of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 25: 19-83.

Works Cited

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

2.	Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

4.	The leaf beetles of Alabama Edward Balsbaugh and Kirby Hays. 1972. Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn University.

Contributed by Boris Büche on 3 April, 2007 - 6:13am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 26 August, 2021 - 1:21pm

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