Phyllotreta liebecki

Phyllotreta liebecki
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Tribe:	Alticini
Genus:	Phyllotreta
Species:	P. liebecki
Binomial name
Phyllotreta liebecki Schaeffer, 1919

Phyllotreta liebecki is a species of flea beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Classification

• Kingdom Animalia: (Animals)
• Phylum Arthropoda: (Arthropods)
• Subphylum Hexapoda: (Hexapods)
• Class Insecta: (Insects)
• Order Coleoptera: (Beetles)
• Suborder Polyphaga: (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
• No Taxon: (Series Cucujiformia)
• Superfamily Chrysomeloidea: (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)
• Family Chrysomelidae: (Leaf Beetles)
• Subfamily Galerucinae: (Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles)
• Tribe Alticini: (Flea Beetles)
• Genus:Phyllotreta
• Species liebecki: (Phyllotreta liebecki)

Size

1.75-2.5 mm (Schaeffer 1919)

Identification

Elongate oval. Shining black with sinuate yellow vitta on each elytron, vittae broadly attaining margni at apex. Head, pronotum, and elytra closely punctate.

First 4 antennal segments of liebecki light brown, 5-11 dark brown; male with 5th antennal segment stouter than striolata but less stout than in P. zimmermanni.

Elytral pattern shared with P. robusta; in males, the shape and length of antennal segment 5 is different: only slightly shorter than 2-4, dilated apically, but not with internal process like in P. robusta.

References

1. "Phyllotreta liebecki Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
2. "Phyllotreta liebecki". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
3. "Phyllotreta liebecki species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

Further reading

• Nie, R-E; Bezděk, J.; Yang, X-K (2017). "How many genera and species of Galerucinae s. str. do we know? Updated statistics (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). In: Chaboo CS, Schmitt M (Eds) Research on Chrysomelidae". ZooKeys (720): 91–102. Bibcode:2017ZooK..720...91N. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.720.13517 . PMC   5740445 . PMID   29290727.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-90-04-26091-7.