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Genus Derocrepis

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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 Galerucinae (Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles)
Tribe Alticini (Flea Beetles)
No Taxon (Crepidodera Genus Group)
Genus Derocrepis
Explanation of Names
Derocrepis Weise 1886
Numbers
3 spp. in our area, ~20 total(1)
Range
African & Holarctic(1); in our area, QC‒GA‒MS to MI‒KS‒CO & BC‒OR(2)
Food
hosts: Cardamine (Brassicaceae), Robinia (Fabaceae), Aesculus (Hippocastanaceae), Prunus (Rosaceae)(1)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
2.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
Contributed by v belov on 18 May, 2009 - 4:49pm
Last updated 23 February, 2024 - 10:33am

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