Biology:Oomorphus floridanus
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Short description: Species of beetle
| Oomorphus floridanus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Oomorphus |
| Species: | O. floridanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Oomorphus floridanus Horn, 1893
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Oomorphus floridanus is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in the Caribbean and North America.[1][5] It can be found in the foliage of young pine trees.[6] It is known to engage in coprophagy, feeding on Neotoma floridana excreta. [7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Oomorphus floridanus Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=721021. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ↑ "Oomorphus floridanus species details". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/20b1de846d1a907aea12f29c612c2569. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ↑ "Oomorphus floridanus". https://www.gbif.org/species/1047591. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ↑ "Oomorphus floridanus Species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/492933. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ↑ "North American Cryptocephalus species (Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae)". Texas Entomology. http://texasento.net/Crypto.html. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ↑ Flowers, R. Wills; Furth, David G.; Thomas, Michael C. (1994). "Notes on the Distribution and Biology of Some Florida Leaf Beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin 48 (1): 79–89. ISSN 0010-065X. https://www.jstor.org/stable/4009002.
- ↑ Jolivet, Pierre. Biology of leaf beetles. p. 77. https://archive.org/details/biologyofleafbee0000joli. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
Further reading
- Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. 2013. ISBN 978-90-04-26091-7.
Wikidata ☰ Q14934167 entry
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