Species Pachybrachis vau

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Pachybrachis vau Fall - Pachybrachis vau

beetle, fascinating eyes - Pachybrachis vau

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 (Striped Pachys)

Species vau (Pachybrachis vau)

Other Common Names

'V-marked Pachy'

Explanation of Names

Pachybrachis vau Fall 1915

Size

Ave length 3.25 mm (1)

Identification

"Pale yellow or testaceous, integuments polished, prothorax with a median V shaped mark and a vitta each side, the elytra with the suture and two discal stripes, black; the outer stripe occupying the seventh and eighth interspaces. Front without ocular lines, front claws of male not at all enlarged." (1)

Range

Rockies to Great Plains (AZ-TX-SD-ID) / AB - Map (2)(3), most records AZ to w. TX

Food

reported from var. spp. Asteraceae (4)

Print References

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.	Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.

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 Mike Quinn on 28 May, 2011 - 12:40pm
Last updated 14 December, 2023 - 4:04pm

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