Genus Psylliodes

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

Tiny jumping beetle from my kitchen - Psylliodes

Beetle on Barbarea vulgaris - Psylliodes

Brown beetle with thick rear legs - Psylliodes affinis

Coleoptera. Chrysomelidae - Psylliodes affinis

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)

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

habitus photos of European spp., incl. all of those adventive in our area

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 in leaf litter

Food

hosts include members of 20 plant families(2)

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. (Full text)

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.	A radiation of Psylliodes flea beetles on Brassicaceae is associated with the evolution of specific detoxification enzymes Gikonyo MW, Ahn SJ, Biondi M, Fritzlar F, Okamura Y, Vogel H, Köllner TG, Şen İ, Hernández-Teixidor D, Lee CF, Letsch H, Ber. 2024. Evolution 78: 127‒145.

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 19 December, 2006 - 7:27am
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 27 March, 2024 - 6:12pm

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