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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 » Chrysomelina » Phaedon

Genus Phaedon

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
Pool beetle 3 - Phaedon desotonis phaedon purpurea? - Phaedon purpureus Phaedon desotonis Balsbaugh - Phaedon desotonis small bronze Beetle - Phaedon Plagiodera? - Phaedon prasinellus Phaedon purpureus? - Phaedon purpureus Arizona Beetle for ID - Phaedon purpureus Purple beetle with dark green head. - Phaedon
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 Chrysomelina
Genus Phaedon
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
revised by Balsbaugh (1983)(1)
Explanation of Names
Phaedon Megerle von Mühlfeld in Dahl 1823
Numbers
9 spp. in 2 subgenera in our area, __ spp. in 5 subgenera total(2)(3)
Range
much of the world & most of our area(2)
Works Cited
1.A taxonomic revision of the genus Phaedon north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
Balsbaugh E.U. 1983. North Dakota Insects Schafer-Post Series 15, 73 pp.
2.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.
3.A new species of Phaedon Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1823 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae) from Utah and Colorado, USA.
Clark, S.M. and A.J. Gilbert. 2019. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 73(1):193-199.
Contributed by Boris Büche on 2 April, 2008 - 7:20am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 2 April, 2019 - 10:51am

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