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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) » Disonycha Genus Group » Disonycha » Disonycha barberi

Species Disonycha barberi

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited

Disonycha barberi Blake - Disonycha barberi

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 (Disonycha Genus Group)

Genus Disonycha

Species barberi (Disonycha barberi)

Other Common Names

Barber's South Texas Disonycha

Explanation of Names

Disonycha barberi Blake 1951

Patronym for Herbert Spencer Barber (1882-1950), an American entomologist.

Size

length: 5.3-6.6 mm (Riley & King, 2009)

Identification

Det. M. A. Quinn, 2013

Differs from the similar D. glabrata in:

- larger eyes (frontal width between eyes less than half of heads' width);

- dark streak running down front between eyes

- last antennal segment pale.

Range

southmost TX (Hidalgo & Cameron Cos) / Mexico (Sinaloa) - Map (1)(2)

Season

Number of compiled Texas collecting events by month:

March (2), April (1), May (1), June (3), July (1), September (4), October (8). (3)

Food

I have taken this species in the Sabal Palm Grove Preserve on a few occasions, but only once was it abundant. On that date, I took both adults and larvae on from Phaulothamnus (Achatocarpaceae) (E. G. Riley, pers. obser.).

(Probably Snake-Eyes - Phaulothamnus spinescens)

Remarks

Mostly coll'ed via Lindgren funnel traps (4)

The earliest year of collection in Texas is 1939. (3)

Texas considers this a SGCN (5)

Print References

Blake, D.H. 1951. New species of chrysomelid beetles of the genera Trirhabda and Disonycha. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 41(10): 324-328.

Blake, D.H. 1955. Revision of the vittate species of the chrysomelid beetle genus Disonycha from the Americas south of the United States. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 104(no. 3338): 1-86.

Riley, E.G. & J.E. King. 2009. Element record datasheets submitted to Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, Wildlife Division, Austin. (3)

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.	Element record datasheets, submitted to Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, Wildlife Division, Austin. Riley E.G., King J.E. 2009.

4.	Beetle biodiversity response to vegetation restoration of mid-valley riparian woodland in the LRGV of southern Texas. King, J.E. 2015. Unpublished master's thesis, Texas A&M University, College Station. viii + 218 pp.

5.	Texas "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) - TPWD

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 8 April, 2009 - 1:00pm
Additional contributions by Boris Bueche
Last updated 17 January, 2024 - 1:05pm

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