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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Superfamily Chrysomeloidea - Longhorn and Leaf Beetles

Flower Longhorn Beetle - Grammoptera molybdica Longhorned Beetle - Phymatodes varius Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle - Labidomera clivicollis Locust Borer - Megacyllene robiniae Asparagus Beetle - Crioceris asparagi Calligrapha sp.? - Blepharida rhois Charidotella succinea? - Charidotella Phaedon? - Phaedon purpureus
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)
Numbers
5 families in our area (counting Disteniidae as family), 7 total(1)
Identification
the most recent general treatment in(2)
Print References
(3)
Works Cited
1.Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)
Bouchard P, Bousquet Y, Davies A, Alonso-Zarazaga M, Lawrence JF, Lyal CH, Newton A, Reid CA, Schmitt M, Ślipiński SA, Smith A. 2011. ZooKeys 88: 1–972.
2.Handbook of Zoology. Coleoptera Vol. 3: Morphology and Systematics (Phytophaga)
Leschen R.A.B., Beutel R.G. (eds). 2014. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin. 687 pp.
3.Synopsis of adventive species of Coleoptera (Insecta) recorded from Canada. Part 5: Chrysomeloidea...
Klimaszewski J, Hoebeke ER, Langor DW, Douglas HB, Borowiec L, Hammond HEJ, Davies A, Bourdon C, Savard K. 2020. Pensoft Series Faunistica No 119: 1‒175.