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Genus Strabala

Beetle - Strabala rufa Strabala rufa (Illiger) - Strabala rufa Beetle - Strabala rufa Beetle - Strabala rufa Rufous Flea Beetle - Strabala rufa Red flea beetle (2) - Strabala rufa Strabala rufa Strabala? Maybe rufa? - Strabala rufa
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 Alticini (Flea Beetles)
No Taxon (Disonycha Genus Group)
Genus Strabala
Explanation of Names
Strabala Chevrolat 1836
Numbers
4 spp. in our area (all in the nominate subgenus), ~30 spp. in 2 subgenera total(1)
Identification
S. rufa is widespread in east; three other spp. are neotropical, ranging into so. US (2 in TX, 1 in FL)(1)
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.
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 20 October, 2006 - 7:50am
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, v belov
Last updated 27 March, 2013 - 8:46pm

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