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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) » Luperini » Luperina-subtribe » Section Scelidites » Scelolyperus » Scelolyperus schwarzii

Species Scelolyperus schwarzii

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Works Cited
green beetle, any id ideas? - Scelolyperus schwarzii Shiny and green - Scelolyperus schwarzii Shiny and green - Scelolyperus schwarzii Scelolyperus schwarzii? - Scelolyperus schwarzii Small Chrysomelid of sorts... - Scelolyperus schwarzii - male Metallic Green - Scelolyperus schwarzii Metallic Green Flea Beetle - Scelolyperus schwarzii Schwarz's Flea Beetle - Scelolyperus schwarzii
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 Scelolyperus
Species schwarzii (Scelolyperus schwarzii)
Explanation of Names
Scelolyperus schwarzii Horn 1893
Size
4-6 mm(1)
Identification
Hind tibiae of male strongly curved (an arc of about 40°) AND pronotum as metallic as elytra;
in females, an indication of that curvature also perceptible. Frontlegs partly pale.
Range
BC-CA, south to Monterey Co., east to MT-WY(1)
Works Cited
1.The genus Scelolyperus Crotch in North America (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae)
Clark S.M. 1996. Insecta Mundi 10: 261-280.
Contributed by v belov on 8 November, 2012 - 10:15am
Additional contributions by Boris Bueche
Last updated 19 May, 2023 - 5:24am

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