The flea beetle is a small, jumping beetle of the leaf beetle family (Chrysomelidae), that makes up the tribe Alticini which is part of the subfamily Galerucinae. Historically the flea beetles were classified as their own subfamily.
The Galerucinae are a large subfamily of the leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae), containing about 15,000 species in more than 1000 genera, of which about 500 genera and about 8000 species make up the flea beetle tribe Alticini.
Chaetocnema rileyi, the Boca Chica flea beetle, is a species of flea beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America.
Luperaltica nigripalpis is a species of flea beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America.
Longitarsus melanurus is a species of flea beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America.
Triarius lividus is a species of skeletonizing leaf beetle or flea beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Glyptina spuria is a species of flea beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America.
Kuschelina jacobiana is a species of flea beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America.
Kuschelina gibbitarsa, the flea beetle, is a species of flea beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America.
Paranapiacaba is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles and flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are at least two described species in Paranapiacaba.
Disonycha balsbaughi is a species of flea beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America.
Phyllotreta undulata, known generally as the small striped flea beetle or turnip flea beetle, is a species of flea beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Australia, Europe and Northern Asia, North America, and Oceania.
Trichaltica is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are some 30 described species, found in North America and the Neotropics.
Asphaera is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae, containing some 130 species, found in North America, Central America, and the Neotropics.
Monomacra is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are some 120 species, from the Nearctic and Neotropics.
Monocesta is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles and flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are at least three described species in Monocesta.
Lysathia is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are 10 described species, found in North America and the Neotropics.
Pachyonychus is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae containing a single described species, P. paradoxus, from the United States.
Podontia is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. They belong in the Blepharida-group of flea beetles.
