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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 » Gastrophysa

Genus Gastrophysa

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Works Cited
Beetle ID Request [2008] - Gastrophysa cyanea Which beetle is this? - Gastrophysa cyanea Gastrophysa cyanea - female Chrysomelid - Gastrophysa polygoni Gastrophysa polygoni Gastrophysa polygoni Del Puerto Beetle 1 - Gastrophysa cyanea Green Beetle - Gastrophysa
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 Gastrophysa
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
=Gastroidea
Explanation of Names
Gastrophysa Chevrolat in Dejean 1836
'bulging belly' (refers to the distended abdomen of gravid females)(1)
Numbers
4 spp. in our area, all in the nominate subgenus (another subgenus in the Palaearctic)(2)
Range
holarctcic(2)
Food
in our area, on Polygonaceae (Polygonum, Rheum, Rumex)(2)
Works Cited
1.Introduced leaf beetles of the Maritime Provinces, 8: Gastrophysa polygoni (Linnaeus) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
L. LeSage & C.G. Majka. 2009. Zootaxa 2047: 48-62.
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.
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 11 July, 2005 - 8:51am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 15 March, 2013 - 7:23pm

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