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Genus Entomoscelis

Red Turnip Beetle - Entomoscelis americana Entomoscelis americana - male - female Small, red beetle with black stripes - Entomoscelis americana Red - Black Beetle - Entomoscelis americana Black on Red - Entomoscelis americana Beetle - Entomoscelis americana Chrysomelidae sp ? - Entomoscelis americana Gonioctena americana ? - Entomoscelis americana
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 Chrysomelinae
Tribe Chrysomelini
Subtribe Entomoscelina
Genus Entomoscelis
Explanation of Names
Entomoscelis Chevrolat in Dejean 1836
Numbers
a single species in our area, a dozen spp. total(1)
Range
mostly Eurasia; in NA, AK‒CO‒WI(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 Beatriz Moisset on 8 October, 2005 - 4:53pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 28 January, 2024 - 5:25pm

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