| Psylliodes | |
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| Psylliodes dulcamarae (Koch, 1803) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Chrysomeloidea |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Galerucinae |
| Tribe: | Alticini |
| Genus: | Psylliodes Latreille, 1829 [1] |
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Psylliodes is a large genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 200 described species worldwide.
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.
Tetratomidae is a small family of beetles sometimes called polypore fungus beetles. The family consists of several genera, most of which used to be in the family Melandryidae. Tetratomidae can be found worldwide.
Altica is a large genus of flea beetles in the subfamily Galerucinae, with about 300 species, distributed nearly worldwide. The genus is best represented in the Neotropical realm, well represented in the Nearctic and Palearctic, but occurs also in the Afrotropic, Indomalaya, and Australasia. The species are similar to each other, small metallic blue-green-bronze beetles, often distinguished from each other only by the aedeagus. The species of Altica, both as larvae and as adults, are phytophagous, feeding on plant foliage of various food plant taxa, specific for each Altica species. Onagraceae and Rosaceae are the dominant host plant families for Holarctic species. The adult Altica beetles are able to jump away when approached.
Chaetocnema is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are some 470 described species worldwide.
Apteropeda ovulum is a species of flea beetle in the family Chrysomelidae that can be found in western Europe and North Africa.
Podagrica is a genus of flea beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae. There are some 55 species in the Palaearctic, Oriental, and Afrotropical regions.
Psylliodes luridipennis, commonly known as the Lundy cabbage flea beetle or the bronze Lundy cabbage flea beetle, is a species of flea beetle endemic to the island of Lundy, where it lives and feeds upon the endemic Lundy cabbage. Along with the true weevil Ceutorhynchus contractus var. pallipes and an undescribed race of flea beetle Psylliodes napi, it is known only from the Lundy cabbage. The species was first recorded by Thomas Vernon Wollaston in the 1840s, and was named by the Austrian entomologist Franz Kutschera in 1864.
Disonycha is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae, containing some 170 species in the Nearctic and Neotropics.
Psylliodes convexior, the hop flea beetle, is a species of flea beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Kuschelina is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are some 30 described species, from the Nearctic and Neotropics.
Systena is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 90 described species, found in the New World, mostly in the Neotropics.
Capraita is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are some 60 described species in the Nearctic and Neotropics.
Psylliodes affinis, the potato flea beetle, is a species of flea beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Europe and Northern Asia and North America.
Psylliodes napi is a species of flea beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Europe and Northern Asia and North America.
Strabala is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 30 described species, found in North America and the Neotropics.
Dibolia is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are some 60 described species worldwide.
Apteropeda is a genus of flea beetle in the family Chrysomelidae.
Cacoscelis marginata is a species of flea beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It lives in Peru.
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