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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) » Eumolpinae » Eumolpini » Section Iphimeites » Glyptoscelis » Glyptoscelis prosopis

Species Glyptoscelis prosopis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Glyptoscelis prosopis Schaeffer - Glyptoscelis prosopis Glyptoscelis prosopis Schaeffer - Glyptoscelis prosopis dirty leaf beetle - Glyptoscelis prosopis
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 Eumolpinae
Tribe Eumolpini
No Taxon (Section Iphimeites)
Genus Glyptoscelis
Species prosopis (Glyptoscelis prosopis)
Explanation of Names
Glyptoscelis prosopis Schaeffer 1905
Numbers
25 spp. n. of Mex. (1)
Size
7-8.5 mm (Schaeffer 1905)
Range
s. TX to C. Amer. (1),(BG data)
Remarks
Type Locality: Esperanza Ranch, Brownsville, Texas (Schaeffer 1905)
Print References
Blake, D.H. 1967. Revision of the Beetles of Genus Glyptoscelis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Proc. USNM 123(3604): 1-53.
Krauss, N.L.H. 1937. A Study of the Genus Glyptoscelis LeConte in America North of Mexico . Univ. Calif. Publ. Entomol., 7(2): 21-32.
Schaeffer, C. 1905. Some additional new genera and species of Coleoptera found within the limit of the United States. Science Bulletin of the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1(7): 141-179. (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.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 23 September, 2009 - 5:11pm
Last updated 22 July, 2017 - 5:09am

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