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Species Pachybrachis pulvinatus

Pachybrachis pulvinatus Suffrian - Pachybrachis pulvinatus - female Pachybrachis pulvinatus Suffrian - Pachybrachis pulvinatus - female
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 pulvinatus (Pachybrachis pulvinatus)
Explanation of Names
Pachybrachis pulvinatus Suffrian, 1852
pulvin (L). 'a cushion' (1)
Range
coastal se US to NJ (LA-FL-SC, NJ) (2)
Habitat
found on tall grass (Blatchley 1924),(3)
See Also
Pachybrachis trinotatus (Melsheimer)
- Range: e. N. Amer.
Det. E. G. Riley, 1983
Print References
Blatchley, W.S. 1924. The chrysomelidae of Florida. The Florida Entomologist 7: 33-39, 49-57; 8: 1-7, 17-23, 39-46.
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.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 9 November, 2014 - 11:02am
Last updated 16 June, 2020 - 2:09pm

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