tiny black beetle with white stripes - Systena

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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) » Systena

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tiny black beetle with white stripes - Systena

Chipera Prairie, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
August 28, 2020
Size: ~5 mm

I wonder if this very small beetle might be an elongate flea beetle, Systena elongata?

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tiny black beetle with white stripes - Systena

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Contributed by Larry Reis on 3 March, 2021 - 7:41am
Last updated 10 March, 2021 - 8:46am

Moved

Moved from Leaf Beetles.

… Tyler Hedlund, 10 March, 2021 - 8:46am

Systena

Thanks so much for identifying this flea beetle to the genus Systena!

… Larry Reis, 10 March, 2021 - 9:14am

You're welcome!

I think you've likely got the species correct as well, but I've talked with a couple chrysomelid people at work and they say the genus is badly in need of a revision, so that's why I didn't move it further.

… Tyler Hedlund, 10 March, 2021 - 9:18am

Systena

Thanks so much for letting me know that Systena is in a state of flux and that this flea beetle is likely in the elongate flea beetle clan.

… Larry Reis, 10 March, 2021 - 9:42am

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