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Species Brachypnoea tristis

Which little beetle, please? - Brachypnoea tristis

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 Eumolpinae

Tribe Eumolpini

No Taxon (Section Iphimeites)

Genus Brachypnoea

Species tristis (Brachypnoea tristis)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Brachypnoea tristis (Olivier)

Orig. Comb: Colaspis tristis Olivier, 1808

Explanation of Names

tristis (L). 'sad' (1)

Numbers

One of 8 spp. n. of Mex. (2)

Size

Length 3.3-4.0 mm (3)

Range

e US (TX-FL-NY-SD) / Ont. - Map (2)(4)(5), records concentrated in the s. Great Plains

Season

Apr-Jul (5)

Food

Polyphagus (6)

Remarks

apparently does not come to lights

See Also

Brachypnoea lecontei Riley, Clark & Seeno 2003 - flies mostly Apr-May, primarily before B. tristis takes flight

- Range mostly that of its primary host: Texas live oak - Quercus fusiformis

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

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

3.	The leaf beetles of Alabama Edward Balsbaugh and Kirby Hays. 1972. Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn University.

4.	An Illustrated Inventory of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of Lick Creek Park, College Station, Texas Edward G. Riley. 2013. Texas A&M University, Dept. Entomology, College Station.

5.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

6.	Host plants of leaf beetle species occurring in the United States and Canada Clark et al. 2004. Coleopterists Society, Special Publication no. 2, 476 pp.

Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 15 January, 2007 - 3:23pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn
Last updated 28 June, 2023 - 12:49pm

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