Aphthona cyparissiae (Brown Dot Leafy Spurge Flea Beetle)

Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Brown Dot Leafy Spurge Flea Beetle

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom: Animalia () - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Protostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa () - Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Superphylum: Panarthropoda () - Cuvier
        Phylum: Arthropoda () - Latreille, 1829 - arthropods
        Subphylum: Mandibulata () - Snodgrass, 1938
        Infraphylum: Atelocerata () - Heymons, 1901
        Superclass: Panhexapoda ()
        Epiclass: Hexapoda ()
        Class: Insecta () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
        Subclass: Dicondylia ()
        Infraclass: Pterygota ()
        Order: Coleoptera () - C. Linnaeus, 1758
        Suborder: Polyphaga () - Emery, 1886
        Infraorder: Cucujiformia ()
        Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea ()
        Family: Chrysomelidae () - Latreille, 1802
        Subfamily: Halticinae ()
        Genus: Aphthona ()
        Specific name: cyparissiae - (Koch, 1803)
        Scientific name: - Aphthona cyparissiae (Koch, 1803)

Unambiguous Synonyms

Aphthona cyparissiae Koch, 1803

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Aphthona

There are approximately 94 species in this genus:

A. abdominalis (Minute Spurge Flea Beetle) · A. adelaidae · A. aeneomicans · A. albertinae · A. alcina · A. atrocaerulea · A. atrovirens · A. atroviridescens · A. beckeri · A. biokovensis · A. bohemani · A. bombeyensis · A. bonvouloiri · A. carbonaria · A. chinchihi (Flea Beetle) · A. coerulea · A. constantini · A. convexior · A. coreana · A. crassipes · A. cyanella · A. cyparissae · A. cyparissiae (Brown Dot Leafy Spurge Flea Beetle) · A. czwalinae (Black Leafy Spurge Flea Beetle) · A. czwalinai · A. delicatula · A. depressa · A. erichsoni · A. espagnoli · A. euphorbiae · A. flava (Copper Leafy Spurge Flea Beetle) · A. flaviceps · A. formosana · A. foudrasi · A. franzi · A. fuentei · A. gomerensis · A. gracilis · A. herbigrada · A. illigeri · A. janthina · A. juliana · A. kuntzei · A. lacertosa (Brown-Legged Spurge Flea Beetle) · A. lutescens · A. maculata · A. maldesi · A. marshalli · A. melancholica · A. nigriceps · A. nigrilabris · A. nigriscutis (Black Dot Spurge Flea Beetle) · A. nigriscutus · A. nigrita · A. nonstriata · A. occidentalis · A. occitana · A. ovata · A. paivana · A. pallida · A. parnassicola · A. perminuta · A. perminuta(Baly · A. perminuta(Baly) · A. perrisi · A. picipes · A. placida · A. plenifrons · A. punctiventris · A. pusilla · A. pygmaea · A. relucens · A. samoana · A. sandrae · A. sardea · A. sarmatica · A. scutellata · A. semicyanea · A. semiviridis · A. seriata (Flea Beetle) · A. signatifrons · A. strigosa · A. stussineri · A. subovata · A. thickana · A. torrentium · A. tristis · A. valachica · A. variolosa · A. venustula · A. violacea · A. wachnitzae · A. wagneri · A. wollastoni

Bibliography

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Poole, Robert W., and Patricia Gentili, eds. 1996. Coleoptera, Strepsiptera. Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America, vol. 1. Entomological Information Services. Rockville, Maryland, USA. 827. ISBN: 1-889002-01-1.

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Notes

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Contributors

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 04, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
Universal Biological Indexer and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 17, 2008.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 04, 2007:

Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
SysTax, Lobbecke Museum Dusseldorf
SysTax, SysTax

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2896428
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16062066
Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IICO194772
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 12781