Species Neolochmaea dilatipennis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Food · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited

Skeletonizing leaf beetle (1) - Neolochmaea dilatipennis

Leaf Beetle - Neolochmaea? - Neolochmaea dilatipennis

Unknown Leaf beetle - Neolochmaea dilatipennis

Beetle ID request - Neolochmaea dilatipennis

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 Galerucini

No Taxon (Section Schematizites)

Genus Neolochmaea

Species dilatipennis (Neolochmaea dilatipennis)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Neolochmaea dilatipennis (Jacoby 1886)

Size

5.5-7.6 mm in length

Identification

From Galerucinae: hind femur not abnormally broad and adapted for jumping; tarsal claws simple, or bifid with inner lobe comparatively narrow and pointed; procoxal cavities closed behind; tarsomere 1 about as long as 5; external surface of tibiae with ridge extending most of length; Elytra densely pubescent, disc brown with narrow, pale discal vittae; front and middle tibiae of male each with a short, stout spur, but hind tibiae lacking spurs and female lacking spurs in all tibiae; pronotum about 2 times as long as wide; base of pronotum not strongly sinuate posteriorly; antennal segments 3 and 4 about the same length, maybe segment 4 slightly longer (Riley et al., 2002(1)) (White, 1979).

Food

Known to feed on the Florida endemic Spermacoce terminalis (Rubiaceae).

Remarks

From Caribbean and South America, introduced in North America. First found near Miami in 1975.

Print References

White, R. E. 1979. A Neotropical Leaf Beetle Established in the United States (Chrysomelidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 72(2): 269-270. (Oxford Academic)

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.

Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 13 November, 2007 - 11:53am
Additional contributions by v belov, Arturo Santos
Last updated 23 September, 2020 - 11:51pm

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