Genus Psylliodes

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited

Some kind of bronze beetle? - Psylliodes

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

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)

Genus Psylliodes

Explanation of Names

Psylliodes Berthold 1827

Numbers

13 spp. (incl. 6 adventive) in our area, ~200 total(1); 7 spp. in Canada

Identification

antennae 10-segmented; body cylindrical, variably yellow, dark brown or black, sometimes metallic blue or bronze, rarely with red pronotum; pronotum posteriorly narrower than elytral base, without any impressions; elytra oval or elongate, with or without humeral calli; elytral punctures arranged in striae; interspaces flat with small punctures or small transverse wrinkles; hind femora swollen [adapted from (2)]

Range

cosmopolitan (most spp. in the Palaearctic); in NA more diverse in the east, with the adventive spp. primarily restricted to ne. US & adjacent Canada(1)

Habitat

on plants in woodlands; P. appalachianus is found in leaf litter

Remarks

Native species need revision. (1)

Print References

Konstantinov A., Tishechkin A. (2004) The first Nearctic leaf litter flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Col. Bull. 58: 71-76. (photo)

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.

2.	[Online] Guide to Palearctic flea beetle genera, by Alexander S. Konstantinov and Natalia J. Vanderberg

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 19 December, 2006 - 7:27am
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 24 July, 2020 - 8:35pm

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