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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) » Case-bearing Leaf Beetles (Cryptocephalinae) » Cryptocephalini » Pachybrachina » Scriptured Leaf Beetles (Pachybrachis) » Striped Pachys (Pachybrachis Striped Pachys) » Pachybrachis virgatus

Species Pachybrachis virgatus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Black and white striped beetle - Pachybrachis virgatus Black and white striped beetle - Pachybrachis virgatus Black and white striped beetle - Pachybrachis virgatus Pachybrachis virgatus LeConte - Pachybrachis virgatus
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 Cryptocephalinae (Case-bearing Leaf Beetles)
Tribe Cryptocephalini
Subtribe Pachybrachina
Genus Pachybrachis (Scriptured Leaf Beetles)
No Taxon (Striped Pachys)
Species virgatus (Pachybrachis virgatus)
Explanation of Names
Pachybrachis virgatus LeConte, 1880
Size
Length 3.7 to 4.4 mm (1)
Identification
median pronotal stripe dilated at middle, but the anterior part not bifurcate (1)

Det. E. G. Riley
Range
TX-MO-SD-CO - Map (2)(3), uncommon
Remarks
a somewhat scarce species of which Fall (1915) saw ten examples (2). There were only 2 spmns in the TAMUIC in 2014.
Print References
LeConte, J.L. 1880. Short studies of North American Coleoptera. Transactions of the American. Entomological Society 8: 163–218.
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
Works Cited
1.A revision of the North American species of Pachybrachys
H. C. Fall. 1915. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, Vol. 41, No. 3: 291–486 .
2.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 13 September, 2013 - 11:04am
Last updated 13 August, 2023 - 10:56pm

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