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Species Erynephala maritima

beach beetle - Erynephala maritima Erynephala maritima? - Erynephala maritima
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 Erynephala
Species maritima (Erynephala maritima)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Erynephala maritima (LeConte)
Orig. Comb: Galeruca maritima LeConte, 1865
Erynephala texana (Schaeffer 1932) stat. nov. - restored as valid species, removed from synonymy with maritima (1)
Erynephala brighti Blake, 1970 is now synonym of Erynephala maritima (LeConte 1865) (1)
Range
upper Atlantic coast only - Map (2)(3)(1)(E.G. Riley, pers. comm. to MAQ, 2023)
Food
Chenopodiaceae (4)
Print References
Groll E.von, Moura L.de.A. & Carvalho G.S. 2022. Revision, morphometry and cladistics of Erynephala (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Galerucini). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 296: 1-32.(1)
LeConte, J.L. 1865. On the species of Galeruca and allied genera inhabiting North America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia, 17: 204-222.
Schaeffer, C. 1932. Notes on some Galerucinae with descriptions of new species (Col., Chrysomelidae). The Canadian Entomologist 64(10): 236-239.
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
Works Cited
1.Revision, morphometry and cladistics of Erynephala (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Galerucini).
Groll E.von, Moura L.de.A. & Carvalho G.S. 2022.
2.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
4.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.