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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) » Altica Genus Group » Altica
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6mm flea beetle - Altica
Copyright © 2006 Jim McClarin

6mm flea beetle - Altica
Organ Mountains foothills, Dona Ana County, New Mexico, USA
August 13, 2006
Size: 6 mm
I collected several of these by beating Fallugia paradoxa "Apache Plume" brush into my net. They are quite large for a flea beetle, which, together with a known host plant, might aid in IDing them.

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 4 September, 2006 - 11:28am
Last updated 19 June, 2012 - 10:46am

This one may be related
Probably on the same host.


Another here https://www.flickr.com/photos/44150996@N06/19881332274/
… John R. Maxwell, 27 September, 2015 - 11:45am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flea Beetles.
… Ed Riley, 24 December, 2009 - 6:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for genus det., Ed.
:-)
… Jim McClarin, 24 December, 2009 - 8:41pm login or register to post comments

Kuschelina lugens if the last
Kuschelina lugens if the last tarsal segment is swollen. Can't quite tell from the second or third photo.
… John Randall Watts, 4 July, 2008 - 9:52am login or register to post comments

 
I can't either
and the vouchers are all at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces. Also I'm afraid the Harvard MCZ images don't help me much. They were the only ones I could find on the Web. According to the Biota System of New Mexico that species is widely distributed, including the south-central region of the state where this was collected.
… Jim McClarin, 4 July, 2008 - 7:46pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Leaf Beetles.
… Jim McClarin, 4 September, 2006 - 11:44am login or register to post comments

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