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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) » Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles (Galerucinae) » Flea Beetles (Alticini) » Chaetocnema
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Flea Beetle - Chaetocnema
Copyright © 2008 Ron M.

Flea Beetle - Chaetocnema
Kenner, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA
June 22, 2008
About the same size as a Garden fleahopper (Halticus bractatus)

Possibly an Eggplant Flea Beetle (Epitrix Fuscula)

-or-

Chaetocnema

-or-

something completely different..

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Contributed by Ron M. on 23 June, 2008 - 5:22am
Last updated 24 December, 2009 - 6:16pm

Moved
Moved from Flea Beetles.
… Ed Riley, 24 December, 2009 - 6:16pm login or register to post comments

stored
on tribe level.
… Boris Büche, 30 June, 2008 - 5:37am login or register to post comments

Chaetocnema
I would think a Chaetocnema. Epitrix are hairy. This one seems glabrous.
… Rob Westerduijn, 23 June, 2008 - 1:54pm login or register to post comments

 
may well fit into it . . .
. . . but excisions on tibia, key character for the genus, are invisible. I´d recommend to store on tribe level (flea beetles).
… Boris Büche, 23 June, 2008 - 2:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Rob and Boris
I appreciate both of you helping but because these pictures can't be positively identified I feel they are of little use to the BugGuide. That, coupled with the absence of quality, is cause enough for me to feel that moving these to "frass" is warranted.

Please let me know if you disagree and, as always, thank you both for your assistance!
… Ron M., 25 June, 2008 - 11:56am login or register to post comments

 
Ron
I allways disagree with frassing good pictures, but I leave it up to Boris what to do.
… Rob Westerduijn, 27 June, 2008 - 10:27am login or register to post comments

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