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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) » Disonycha Genus Group » Disonycha » Disonycha procera

Species Disonycha procera

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Disonycha, possibly pennsylvanicus - Disonycha procera

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 (Disonycha Genus Group)

Genus Disonycha

Species procera (Disonycha procera)

Explanation of Names

Disonycha procera Casey, 1884

Identification

See info page for Disonycha pensylvanica

Disonycha procera:

- head usually red anteriour of antennal base;

- legs usually with red femora, also tibiae can be partly red;

(dark varieties with legs all dark occur)

- abdomen usually completely red;

- elytra finely punctured, +/- costate in females;

- pronotum with 0 -5 spots (may fuse);

- 5.6-6.8 mm body length.

Range

The most widespread species of the pensylvanica-group. e. NA to BC (TX-GA-QC-BC) / Mex. - Map (1)(2), most GBIF records s. CAN & n. US

confirmed BC and OR localities situated east of the coastal mountain chain.(3)

Food

Knotweed - Polygonum (Polygonaceae) (4), (5)

Remarks

Type Locality: Delaware

Print References

Casey, T.L. 1884[–1885]. Contributions to the descriptive and systematic coleopterology of North America. Part I. Collins Printing House, Philadelphia. 198 pp.

Internet References

Type - Smithsonian

Works Cited

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

2.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

3.	Revision of the Beetles of the Genus Disonycha Occuring in America North of Mexico Doris Holmes Blake. 1933. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Vol 82.

4.	The leaf beetles of Alabama Edward Balsbaugh and Kirby Hays. 1972. Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn University.

5.	Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of South Carolina Phillip J. Harpootlian. 2001. Clemson University Public Service.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 26 February, 2012 - 10:52am
Additional contributions by Boris Bueche, Chuck Sexton
Last updated 28 March, 2022 - 1:25pm

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