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Luperini
Tribe Luperini
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class
Insecta (Insects)
Order
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder
Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
No Taxon
(Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily
Chrysomeloidea (Long-horned and Leaf Beetles)
Family
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)
Subfamily
Galerucinae (Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles)
Tribe
Luperini
Explanation of Names
Luperini Chapuis 1875
Numbers
~125 spp. in 23 genera in our area
(
1
)
; very diverse group worldwide, esp. in warmer climes
Food
larvae, where known, feed on roots
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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.
Contributed by
v belov
on 28 July, 2009 - 9:50am
Last updated 28 March, 2013 - 6:45am