Species Xanthonia nitida

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Works Cited

Xanthonia nitida Weisman - Xanthonia nitida

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)

Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Subfamily Eumolpinae

Tribe Adoxini

No Taxon (Section Leprotites)

Genus Xanthonia

Species nitida (Xanthonia nitida)

Explanation of Names

Xanthonia nitida Weisman, 2019

nitid (L). 'shining, handsome' (1)

Size

length 2.8–3.0 mm (2)

Identification

dorsal ground color dark brown to nearly black, without obvious pattern of maculae, venter dark brown to black; elytral hairs composed of erect hairs in single rows on intervals and appressed hairs arising from punctures nearly as long as erect hairs; ventral tooth of profemur minute to obsolete. (2)

Range

Texas, primarily on the Edwards Plateau, also Dallas County and and the Glass Mountains in Pecos County (2)

Season

late March to late May (2)

Food

abundant on Quercus buckleyi, Q. mohriana and Q. vaseyana (2); also on Q. fusiformis (3)

Print References

Riley, E.G., D.M. Weisman, and M.A. Quinn. 2019. A taxonomic review of the Xanthonia species occurring in Texas (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae). Zootaxa 4668(1): 001–029. (2)

Weisman, D.M. 1960. A revision of the species of the genus Xanthonia Baly in America north of Mexico. unpublished thesis, North Carolina State College, Raleigh. vii + 69 pp.

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

2.	A taxonomic review of the Xanthonia species occurring in Texas (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae) Riley, E.G., D.M. Weisman, and M.A. Quinn. 2019. Zootaxa 4668(1): 001–029.

3.	Abundance and distribution of potential arthropod prey species in a typical Golden-cheeked Warbler habitat. Quinn, M.A. 2000. Unpublished Thesis. Texas A&M University, College Station. ix + 182 pp.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 11 September, 2019 - 11:28pm
Last updated 15 September, 2019 - 8:16am

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