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Species Pachybrachis diversus

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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 Cryptocephalinae (Case-bearing Leaf Beetles)
Tribe Cryptocephalini
Subtribe Pachybrachina
Genus Pachybrachis (Scriptured Leaf Beetles)
No Taxon (Yellow Pachys)
Species diversus (Pachybrachis diversus)
Explanation of Names
Pachybrachis diversus Fall 1915
Size
Ave. length 2.9 mm (1)
Range
e. US (TX-GA-OH-ND) - Map (2)(3)
Season
Apr-Oct. (BG data)
Food
Asso. w/ Salix, Baccharis, Heterotheca, Helianthus (4)
Remarks
Type Locality: Douglas Co., Kansas. (1)
See Also
Pachybrachis pusillus Bowditch - Note: eyes nearly touch in this sp.
- Range: AZ to c. TX / Mex.
Det. E. G. Riley, 2010
Print References
Barney, R.J. 2018. Definition and revision of the pectoralis species-group of eastern North American Pachybrachis Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 72(3): 471-499. (2)
Fall, H.C. 1915. A revision of the North American species of Pachybrachys. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 41: 291–486. (1)
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
Works Cited
1.A revision of the North American species of Pachybrachys
H. C. Fall. 1915. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, Vol. 41, No. 3: 291–486 .
2.Definition and revision of the pectoralis species-group of eastern North American Pachybrachis (Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae)
Barney. 2018. The Coleopterists Bulletin 72(3): 471-499.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
4.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 v belov on 29 April, 2010 - 1:36pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 27 June, 2023 - 3:31pm

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