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Species Gastrophysa polygoni


Introduced leaf beetles of the Maritime Provinces, 8: Gastrophysa polygoni (Linnaeus) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
By L. LeSage & C.G. Majka
Zootaxa 2047: 48-62, 2009

A Review of the North American Chrysomeline Leaf Beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae).
By John A. Wilcox.
New York Museum and Science Service Bulletin No. 421. 37 pp., 1972
Wilcox, J.A. 1972. A Review of the North American Chrysomeline Leaf Beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). New York Museum and Science Service Bulletin No. 421. 37 pp., 162 figs.

Presents a checklist and compilation of keys to 136 North American species of the Chrysomelinae subfamily.

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The Chrysomelidae of Florida. Florida Entomologist, 7(4): 49-57.
By Blatchley, W.S.
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Blatchley, W.S. (1924). The Chrysomelidae of Florida. Florida Entomologist, 7(4): 49-57.

Short studies in the Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera).
By Schaeffer, C.
Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 41: 296-325., 1933
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Schaeffer, C. 1933. Short studies in the Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera). Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 41: 296-325.

Most of the following notes, descriptions, etc., and others, published elsewhere, have been written at various times in the past years while devoting some of my little spare time to the study and investigation of Chrysomelidae.

With the transfer of the museum’s collections to Washington some of the type specimens from which the descriptions were drawn are

An annotated checklist of Missouri leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae).
By Riley, E.G. & W.R. Enns.
Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science 13: 53–83., 1979
Riley, E.G. & W.R. Enns. 1979. An annotated checklist of Missouri leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science 13: 53–83.

Doris Holmes Blake - Necrolog with appendix: Bibliography to her works.
By Froeschner, R.C., Froeschner, E.M.L. & Cartwright, O.L.
Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash., 83(3): 544 - 564, 1981
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Useful source; hopefully, any article published in Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. is available online.

New species of Galerucinae and Alticinae with notes on other species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
By J. A. Wilcox
The Ohio Journal of Science 53(1): 51-58, 1953

Notes on the distribution and biology of some Florida leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae).
By Flowers, R.W., D.G. Furth and M.C. Thomas.
The Coleopterists Bulletin 48(1): 79-89., 1994
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Flowers, R.W., D.G. Furth and M.C. Thomas. 1994. Notes on the distribution and biology of some Florida leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 48(1): 79-89.

Abstract

New host plant associations and distribution data are given for 45 species of Florida Chrysomelidae. Eleven species or subspecies are newly recorded from the state: Babia quadriguttata (Olivier), Cryptocephalus mutabilis Melsheimer, Diachus chlorizans (Suffrian), Brachypnoea puncticollis (Say) [new combination]; Brachypnoea clypealis (Horn) [new combination], Glyptoscelis albicans Baly, Metachroma zayasi Blake, Microtheca picea (Guerin), Disonycha alternata (Illiger), Disonycha d.