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CHRYSOMELIDAE (leaf and flea beetles)

Sets of Photographs

These relate to individual finds ("biological records") of the organism.

Taxon Summary # images # photos Date Vice-county Country
Chrysomelidae? Feeding traces 12 12 2 Oct 2010 Shropshire England

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #refs
Subfamily CHRYSOMELINAE (a subfamily of leaf beetles) 22      
Genus Chrysolina (a genus of leaf beetles) 9 21 8 10
Genus Chrysomela (a genus of leaf beetles) 2 6   3
Species Gastrophysa polygoni (L., 1758) (a leaf beetle)   9    
Species Gastrophysa viridula (Degeer, 1775) (Green Dock Beetle)   33    
Genus Hydrothassa (a genus of leaf beetles) 1     1
Species Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say (Colorado Beetle)       1
Genus Phaedon (a genus of leaf beetles) 1 2 4 2
Genus Phratora Dejean, 1836 (a genus of leaf beetles) 2 22   1
Species Plagiodera versicolora (Laicharting, 1781) (a leaf beetle)     6  
Species Prasocuris phellandrii (L., 1758) (a leaf beetle)       1
Genus Timarcha (bloody-nosed beetles) 2 54 31 3
Subfamily CRIOCERINAE (a subfamily of leaf beetles) 7 11 10 10
Subfamily CRYPTOCEPHALINAE (a subfamily of leaf beetles) 8 19 13 13
Species Diabrotica virgifera virgifera Le Conte (Western Corn Rootworm (WCR))       2
Subfamily DONACIINAE (aquatic leaf beetles) 5     9
Subfamily GALERUCINAE (a subfamily of leaf and flea beetles) 28      
Tribe Alticini (flea beetles) 17 14 41 21
Tribe Galerucini (a tribe of leaf beetles) 11 38 54 8
Subfamily HISPINAE (tortoise beetles) 6      
Genus Cassida (tortoise beetles) 5 67 67 7
Species Pilemostoma fastuosa (Schaller, 1783) (a tortoise beetle)       2

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Bienkowski, A.O., 2004 Leaf-Beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of the Eastern Europe: New key to subfamilies, genera, and species
European Chrysomelidae: http://culex.biol.uni.wroc.pl/cassidae/European%20Chrysomelidae European Chrysomelidae
Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland: http://www.brc.ac.uk/resources.htm Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland
Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (Eds.), 1966 Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Band 9 (Cerambycidae, Chrysomelidae)
Friday, L.E., 1988 Key to the Adults of British Water Beetles
Subfamily Chrysomelinae illustrated key: http://sites.google.com/site/mikesinsectkeys/ Subfamily Chrysomelinae illustrated key
Hubble, D., in prep. Keys to the adults of Seed and Leaf Beetles of the British Isles. (Coleoptera: Bruchidae, Orsodacnidae, Megalopodidae & Chrysomelidae)

Leaf-miners

British Leafminers: http://www.leafmines.co.uk/ British Leafminers
György Csóka, 2003 Levélaknák és Levélaknázók - Leaf Mines and Leaf Miners
The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects (TEST VERSION): http://www.ukflymines.co.uk The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects (TEST VERSION)

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 9 general literature references to CHRYSOMELIDAE (leaf and flea beetles)

CHRYSOMELIDAE may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
INSECTA
(insects)
COLEOPTERA
(beetles)
CHRYSOMELOIDAE
(leaf, longhorn and seed beetles)

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1399 feeding and other relationships of CHRYSOMELIDAE (leaf and flea beetles)

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