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Species Saxinis knausii

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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 Cryptocephalinae (Case-bearing Leaf Beetles)
Tribe Clytrini
Subtribe Babiina
Genus Saxinis
Species knausii (Saxinis knausii)
Explanation of Names
Saxinis knausii Schaeffer 1906
patronym honors Warren Knaus (1858-1937)
(not: knausi)
Numbers
10 spp. n. of Mex. (1)
Size
4 mm (Schaeffer 1906)
Range
sc US (AZ-TX-MO-CO) - Map (1)(2), most records NM-TX-OK-CO
Life Cycle
Asso. w/ legumes (Fabaceae) (3)
Remarks
Type Locality: Belvedere, Kansas (Schaeffer, 1906)
Print References
Schaeffer, C. 1906. On new and known genera and species of the family Chrysomelidae. Brooklyn Institute Museum Science Bulletin 1(9): 221-253. (Full Text)
Internet References
Type Info - Smithsonian
Works Cited
1.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
3.Host plants of leaf beetle species occurring in the United States and Canada
Clark et al. 2004. Coleopterists Society, Special Publication no. 2, 476 pp.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 9 January, 2009 - 7:37pm
Last updated 29 August, 2023 - 12:55pm

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