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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) » Oedionychis Genus Group » Kuschelina » miniata species complex (Kuschelina miniata species complex)

miniata species complex

Classification · Other Common Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Print References · Works Cited
Damaged Beetle - Kuschelina TX - Beetle - Kuschelina Kuschelina floridana - male beetle on chaffseed - Kuschelina ulkei Beetle with wide black stripes, narrower tan and red stripes - Kuschelina Chrysomelidae - possibly, Kuschelina cf. miniata - Kuschelina Complex Kuschelina miniata - Kuschelina Black, orange, and pale striped flea beetle - Kuschelina
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 Kuschelina
No Taxon miniata species complex
Other Common Names
Miniata-Complex Flea Beetle
Numbers
Blake (1954)(1) recognized 8 spp. in the Kuschelina miniata complex

barberi (Blake) - n. Great Plains (2)
fallax (Melsheimer) - e. US to TX
floridana (Blake) - coastal se. US
horni (Harold) - se. US to TX
minata (Fabricius) - coastal se. US
perplexa (Blake) - coastal e. US
ulkei (Horn) - coastal se. US
weismani (Blake) - coastal e. US

Riley adds a common, but still undescribed sp. from Texas to the miniata complex
Identification
Eight species illustrated by Blake (1954):


there are three species in Texas that look like alike; the most common appears to be new –all differences in the male dink. (E.G.Riley, pers. comm. to MAQ, 2017)
Range
miniata species complex - e. US
miniata proper - MS-FL-NC (1)(2)
Print References
Blake, D.H. (1954) Chrysomelid Beetles of the Oedionychus miniatus Complex. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash., 56(3): 139-147. (BHL link).
Works Cited
1.Chrysomelid beetles of the Oedionychus miniatus complex (Coleoptera)
Blake, Doris H. 1954. Proceedings of the entomological society of Washington 56: 139-147.
2.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 21 July, 2008 - 8:58am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn
Last updated 31 July, 2024 - 10:46am

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