Genus Walterianella

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Remarks · Works Cited

Chrysomelid - Walterianella durangoensis

Walterianella durangoensis (Jacoby) - Walterianella durangoensis

Capraita durangoensis? - Walterianella durangoensis

Walterianella? Alticini - Walterianella durangoensis

Arizona Beetle for ID - Walterianella durangoensis

Walterianella durangoensis? - Walterianella durangoensis

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)

No Taxon (Oedionychis Genus Group)

Genus Walterianella

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Oedionychis auct. partim

Explanation of Names

Walterianella J. Bechyné, 1955

Numbers

1 species in America N of Mexico, recently transferred from Capraita. Several species in Mexico, and further south.

Identification

Defined for species with widely explanate pronotal margin, and approximate eyes.

Range

Neotropical genus, reaching US in AZ

Remarks

"The “Oedionychina” genera Walterianella Bechyné, Alagoasa Bechyné, and Capraita Bechyné are often difficult to distinguish using the traditional morphological characters as given in descriptions and keys like SCHERER (1962, 1983). ( . . .) Also, there is increasing evidence that Walterianella and Capraita cannot reliably be separated and are possibly paraphyletic (DUCKETT & KJER 2003; C. Duckett, pers. comm. 2004)." (1)

Works Cited

1.	Recent advances in the knowledge of Mexican Alticinae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) Furth, David G. 2017. Zookeys 720: 23-46.

Contributed by Boris Büche on 6 November, 2018 - 7:42am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Chuck Sexton
Last updated 20 September, 2023 - 3:56pm

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