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Lygistus
Genus
Lygistus
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
Luperini
Subtribe
Luperina-subtribe
No Taxon
(Section Scelidites)
Genus
Lygistus
Explanation of Names
Lygistus
Wilcox 1965
Numbers
monotypic genus
(
1
)
Range
AZ
(
1
)
Food
associated with
Bouteloua
and
Muhlenbergia
(Poaceae)
(
1
)
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.
Contributed by
Mike Quinn
on 1 August, 2012 - 3:59pm
Additional contributions by
v belov
Last updated 13 August, 2012 - 12:48am