Species Donacia parvidens

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · See Also · Print References · Works Cited

Donacia parvidens Schaeffer - Donacia parvidens

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 Donaciinae (Aquatic Leaf Beetles)

Genus Donacia

No Taxon (subgenus Donacia)

Species parvidens (Donacia parvidens)

Explanation of Names

Donacia parvidens Schaeffer [1920]

parvidens (L). 'small tooth' (1), posterior femora has a single feeble tooth (Schaeffer [1920])

Numbers

31 spp. (in two subgenera) n. of Mex. (2)

Identification

This distinct species [...] is apt to be confused with cincticornis. However, the antennae are heavier, the prothorax has a different shape and sculpture, the posterior femora are much shorter and have only a single feeble tooth (emphasis added), in both sexes the last dorsal segment of the female is less elongate and sub truncate or broadly rounded at apex and the mesosternal process is narrower than in cincticornis. (Schaeffer [1920])

Det. E. G. Riley, 1981

Range

e. US (TX-FL-NY-MN) / Ont. (2)

See Also

Donacia cincticornis Newman

- Range: e. NA

Det. K. H. Stephan, 2002

Print References

Schaeffer, C. 1919(1920). Synonymical and other notes on some species of the family Chrysomelidae and descriptions of new species. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 27: 307-340. (Full Text)

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

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

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 2 September, 2013 - 8:14am
Last updated 2 August, 2022 - 2:56pm

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