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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) » Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles (Galerucinae) » Flea Beetles (Alticini) » Oedionychis Genus Group » Kuschelina

Genus Kuschelina

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Remarks · Works Cited

Flea beetle crossing the dirt road - Kuschelina vians

Kuschelina tenuilineata? - Kuschelina tenuilineata

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 (Oedionychis Genus Group)

Genus Kuschelina

Explanation of Names

Kuschelina J. Bechyné 1951

Numbers

27 described spp. in our area, ~30 total(1)

Identification

swollen apical metatarsomere (also found in Capraita); incomplete key to species in (2); for the miniata-group see (3)

Range

New World; in our area, across the US and so. Canada(1)

Remarks

The neotropical genus Alagoasa J. Bechyné 1955 is poorly defined vs. Kuschelina. The genera may be merged united under the latter name, or undergo species rearrangement. Kuschelina jacobiana is now Alagoasa jacobiana

Not yet in the guide:

K. aemula (Horn 1889) AZ syntype

K. amplivittata (Blake 1927) 'NA'

K. brachyscela (Blake 1965) FL

K. concinna (Fabricius 1801) NC‒FL to KS‒TX

K. discicollis (Crotch 1873) MD‒FL‒AL

K. fallax (Melsheimer 1847) NY‒FL to MO‒TX iNat

K. horni (Harold 1881) MD‒GA to MO‒OK‒TX iNat

K. lateralis (Jacoby 1886) AZ syntype

K. perplexa (Blake 1954) ON‒MA‒FL‒AL

K. violascens (LeConte 1859) CA‒NV iNat

K. weismani (Blake 1954) NC FL

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.	A revision of the beetles of the genus Oedionychis occurring in America north of Mexico Blake, Doris H. 1927. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 70 (no. 2672):1–44.

3.	Chrysomelid beetles of the Oedionychus miniatus complex (Coleoptera) Blake, Doris H. 1954. Proceedings of the entomological society of Washington 56: 139-147.

Contributed by tom murray on 22 December, 2005 - 9:15pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, Chuck Entz, Boris Bueche, v belov
Last updated 20 May, 2024 - 8:02pm

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