Biology:Phyllotreta liebecki
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Short description: Species of beetle
| Phyllotreta liebecki | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Tribe: | Alticini |
| Genus: | Phyllotreta |
| Species: | P. liebecki
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| Binomial name | |
| Phyllotreta liebecki Schaeffer, 1919
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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
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. doi:10.3897/zookeys.720.13517. PMID 29290727.
- Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. 2013. ISBN 978-90-04-26091-7.
Wikidata ☰ Q14933035 entry
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