DONACIINAE Kirby, 1837
(reed beetles)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Donacia
a genus of reed beetles
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 		Genus 4 subtaxa 18 images 4 ident. refs
Macroplea appendiculata
a reed beetle
Species 1 ident. refs
Plateumaris
a genus of reed beetles
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubfamilyDONACIINAE (reed 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
Bratton, J. & Greenwood, M. 1997 British reed beetles, Plateumaris and Donacia (Chrysomelidae): an identification aid using pronotum surface characters Latissimus: 11-14.
Denton, J. 2013 Atlas of VC12 aquatic coleoptera 70pp
Hackston, M. 2014 Subfamily Donaciinae https://sites.google.com/site/mikesinsectkeys/
Menzies, I.A. & Cox, M.L. 1996 Notes on the natural history, distribution and identification of British reed beetles Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 09: 137-162.

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for DONACIINAE (reed beetles)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 164 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for DONACIINAE (reed beetles)
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