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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) » Systena

Genus Systena

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Print References · Works Cited
Beetle - Systena Systena hudsonias ? - Systena hudsonias Systena marginalis - Systena Golden Beetle - Systena Systena 3026038 Systena - Systena Beetlee - Systena Systena collaris Crotch - Systena collaris
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)
Genus Systena
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
(1)
Explanation of Names
Systena Chevrolat in Dejean 1836
Numbers
19 spp. in our area, ~90 total(2); not yet in guide:
S. californica Blake 1935 [CA]
S. carri Blake 1935 [AB]
S. mitis (LeConte 1858) [sw.US: CA‒CO‒TX]
S. plicata Blatchley 1921 [se.US: OH‒LA‒GA]
S. variata Schaeffer 1932 [AZ]
Range
e.NA to CA to the Neotropics(2)
Print References
Smith E.H. (1970) Taxonomic revision of the genus Systena Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Alticinae). Unpublished M.S. Thesis, Purdue U., West Lafayette. 178 pp.
Works Cited
1.Systena Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae): Notes on Nomenclature, Redescription of the Genus, and a Preliminary
Lingafelter SW., Konstantinov AS, Lee JE. 1998. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 100(3): 467-483.
2.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 tom murray on 22 December, 2005 - 9:55pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, Boris Bueche, v belov
Last updated 9 June, 2024 - 1:30pm

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