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Genus Poecilocera

Poecilocera harrisii (LeConte) - Poecilocera harrisii

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)

Tribe Plateumarini

Genus Poecilocera

Explanation of Names

Poecilocera Schaeffer, 1919

Numbers

Monotypic genus (1)

Range

ne US (2)(1)

Works Cited

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

2.	Reconstructed phylogeny and reclassification of the genera of Donaciinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Askevold, I.S. 1990. Quaestiones Entomologicae 26(4): 601-664.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 2 September, 2013 - 2:22pm
Last updated 7 March, 2024 - 3:14pm

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