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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Case-bearing Leaf Beetles (Cryptocephalinae) » Cryptocephalini » Cryptocephalina » Diachus » Diachus on c. & w. TX oaks (Diachus Diachus on c. & w. TX oaks)

Diachus on c. & w. TX oaks

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Works Cited
Diachus - male Diachus - male Diachus - female Diachus - female Diachus - female Diachus - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)
Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)
Subfamily Cryptocephalinae (Case-bearing Leaf Beetles)
Tribe Cryptocephalini
Subtribe Cryptocephalina
Genus Diachus
No Taxon Diachus on c. & w. TX oaks
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Genus not revised since 1880 (1)
This sp. is probably undescribed. (E. G. Riley, pers. comm. to MAQ, 2010)
Identification
males are bicolored
Range
c. TX specialty (E. G. Riley, pers. comm. to MAQ, 2010)
Season
Mar-May (2),(BG data)
Food
oaks (2)
Remarks
4 spmns coll'ed mostly on oaks, Mar-May in c. TX arboreal surveys (2)
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.
2.Abundance and distribution of potential arthropod prey species in a typical Golden-cheeked Warbler habitat.
Quinn, M.A. 2000. Unpublished Thesis. Texas A&M University, College Station. ix + 182 pp.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 10 January, 2013 - 5:15pm
Last updated 10 March, 2022 - 2:34pm

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