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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) » Galerucini » Section Schematizites » Yingabruxia » Yingabruxia sordida

Species Yingabruxia sordida

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Yingabruxia sordida (J. L. LeConte) - Yingabruxia sordida

Chrysomelid on brittle bush - Yingabruxia sordida

Yingabruxia sordida (LeConte) - Yingabruxia sordida

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 Galerucini

No Taxon (Section Schematizites)

Genus Yingabruxia

Species sordida (Yingabruxia sordida)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Yingabruxia sordida (LeConte) (1)

Orig. Comb: Galleruca sordida LeConte 1858

Syn: Monoxia sordida (LeConte)

Explanation of Names

sordid (L). 'filthy' (2)

Numbers

16 spp. north of Mexico (3)

Range

w NA (CA-TX-SD-BC) / Mex. - Map (3)(4), mostly s. Cal. to c. & s. TX

Food

Polyphagous (5)

Print References

LeConte J.L. 1858. Descriptions of new species of Coleoptera, chiefly collected by the United States and Mexican Boudary Commission, under Major W.H.Emory, U.S.A. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 10: 59-89.

Internet References

Type - MCZ, Harvard

Works Cited

1.	New World genera of Galerucinae (tribes Galerucini, Metacyclini, and Luperini): an annotated list and identification key. Viswajyothi, K., & Clark, S.M. 2022. European Journal of Taxonomy, 842(1): 1-102.

2.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

3.	Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.

4.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

5.	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 21 February, 2009 - 4:39pm
Last updated 20 October, 2022 - 12:04pm

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