Alticini Spinola, 1844
(flea beetles)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Altica
a genus of flea betles
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 2 subtaxa 20 images 1 ident. refs
Aphthona
a genus of flea beetles
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 2 images
Apteropeda
a genus of flea beetles
Genus 2 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
Crepidodera
a genus of flea beetles
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Epitrix
a genus of solanaceae-feeding flea beetles
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 16 images 1 ident. refs
Longitarsus
a genus of flea beetles
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 		Genus 3 subtaxa 11 images 4 ident. refs
Neocrepidodera
a genus of flea beetles
Genus 2 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
Phyllotreta
a genus of flea beetles
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 6 images
Podagrica fuscicornis
a mallow flea beetle
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 		Species 5 images
Psylliodes
a genus of flea beetles
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 		Genus 3 subtaxa 7 images 6 ident. refs
Sphaeroderma rubidum
a flea beetle
Species 1 ident. refs
Sphaeroderma testaceum
a flea beetle
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 5 images 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
TribeAlticini (flea beetles)
SubfamilyGALERUCINAE (a subfamily of leaf and flea beetles)
FamilyCHRYSOMELIDAE (leaf and flea beetles)
SuperfamilyCHRYSOMELOIDEA (leaf, longhorn and seed beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Doguet, S. 1994 Coléoptères: Chrysomelidae, Volume 2 - Alticinae Faune de France, No 80, 694pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel

Alticini (flea beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Alticini (flea beetles)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 326 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Alticini (flea beetles)
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