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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) » Chrysomelinae » Chrysomelini » Doryphorina » Leptinotarsa » Leptinotarsa haldemani

Species Leptinotarsa haldemani

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

beetle eating Datura - Leptinotarsa haldemani

Leptinotarsa haldemani (Rogers) - Leptinotarsa haldemani

Leptinotarsa haldemani? - Leptinotarsa haldemani

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 Leptinotarsa

Species haldemani (Leptinotarsa haldemani)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Leptinotarsa haldemani (Rogers)

Orig. Comb: Doryphora haldemani Rogers, 1856

Explanation of Names

patronym for Horace Haldeman, one of the first persons to concentrate on collecting insects in Texas. He sent his specimens, mostly beetles, to his entomologist brother, Samuel S. Haldeman, and a noted coleopterist, John L. LeConte, for description.

Numbers

12 spp. n. of Mex. (1)

Identification

can be purple, green or dark blue:

Range

AZ-TX-OK / Mex. to C. Amer. - Map (1)(2)

Season

Mar-Sept in TX (BG data)

Food

Members of the Solanaceae or Night-Shade family (3)

Print References

Rogers, W.F. 1856. Synopsis of species of Chrysomela and allied genera inhabiting the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8: 29-39.

Internet References

Texas Entomology - Mike Quinn, 2008

Works Cited

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

2.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

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 8 July, 2007 - 9:35am
Last updated 2 June, 2021 - 12:22pm

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