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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) » Altica Genus Group » Altica » Altica texana

Species Altica texana

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

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 (Altica Genus Group)

Genus Altica

Species texana (Altica texana)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Orig. Comb: Haltica texana Schaeffer 1906

[Haltica - unjustified emendation] (1)

Explanation of Names

Altica texana Schaeffer, 1906

Range

Texas - Map (1)(2)(3)(4)

Food

In Texas, adults collected from several members of the Onagraceae. Those plants identified to species include Calylophus berlandieri, Oenothera mckelveyae, Oenothera curtiflora, and Oenothera speciosa (5)

Remarks

Type Locality: Esperanza Ranch, Brownsville, Cameron Co., TX (Schaeffer 1906)

See Also

Altica knabii Blatchley

- Range: e. US

Det. Ed Riley, 2009

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.	Illustrated Beetle (Coleoptera) Inventory of the Sabal Palm Sanctuary (Cameron County, Texas) Edward G. Riley & Michael A. Quinn. 2011. Texas A&M University, Dept. Entomology, College Station.

3.	An Illustrated Inventory of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of Lick Creek Park, College Station, Texas Edward G. Riley. 2013. Texas A&M University, Dept. Entomology, College Station.

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 29 April, 2009 - 2:00pm
Last updated 3 December, 2023 - 12:16pm

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