Galerucella sagittariae (Gyllenhal, 1813)
(a leaf beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGalerucella sagittariae (a leaf beetle)
GenusGalerucella (a genus of leaf beetles)
TribeGalerucini (a tribe of leaf 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)
Records of Galerucella sagittariae (a leaf beetle) :
1: Galerucella sagittariae (a leaf beetle) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
11 Jun 2003 OSGR: ST48 51° 30’ N, 2° 50’ W Vice County: Monmouth (VC 35) United Kingdom
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 2: Adult - dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey background (2)Image 3: Adult - ventral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 4: Adult - ventral view - highly enlarged - grey background (2)Image 5: Head and antennae - ventral view - magnified - grey background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Cooter, J. & Barclay M.V.L. (eds) 2006 A Coleopterist’s handbook The Amateur Entomolgist, 11, Fourth Edition edition, 439pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Cox, M.L. 2007 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland 336pp, Pisces Publications
Hodges, D. & Murray, D. WCG - website of the Watford Coleoptera Group thewcg.org.uk/

Galerucella sagittariae (a leaf beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Galerucella sagittariae (a leaf beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 8 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Galerucella sagittariae (a leaf beetle)
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