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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) » Pachybrachis postfasciatus

Species Pachybrachis postfasciatus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Life Cycle · 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)
Species postfasciatus (Pachybrachis postfasciatus)
Explanation of Names
Pachybrachis postfasciatus Fall 1915
Size
Length 2.5 to 2.9 mm (1)
Range
AZ, TX, KS - Map (2)(3), collected in Llano, Burnet, and San Saba Counties in central TX (T. O. Robbins, pers. comm. to MAQ, 2022)
Life Cycle
asso. w/ whitethorn acacia (Vachellia (=Acacia) constricta, Fabaceae) (4)
also closely asso. w/ whitebrush (Aloysia gratissima, Verbenaceae) (T. O. Robbins, pers. comm. to MAQ, 2022)
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
Works Cited
1.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 .
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.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 2 January, 2016 - 10:06am
Last updated 13 August, 2023 - 9:40pm

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