Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Flea Beetle
Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 993 meters (0 to 3,258 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. 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
- a genus of Blister Beetles (Meloidae)
- Infraorder:
Cucujiformia
()
- Superfamily:
Chrysomeloidea
()
- Family:
Chrysomelidae
()
- Latreille, 1802
- Subfamily:
Halticinae
()
- Tribe:
Halticini
()
- Genus:
Phyllotreta
()
- Chevrolat, 1837
- Specific name:
ochripes
- (Curtis, 1837)
- Scientific name: - Phyllotreta ochripes (Curtis, 1837)
- Specific name:
ochripes
- (Curtis, 1837)
- Genus:
Phyllotreta
(
- Tribe:
Halticini
(
- Subfamily:
Halticinae
(
- Family:
Chrysomelidae
(
- Superfamily:
Chrysomeloidea
(
- Infraorder:
Cucujiformia
(
- Suborder:
Polyphaga
(
- Order:
Coleoptera
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
- Class:
Insecta
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Phyllotreta
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 9 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. armoraciae (Horseradish Flea Beetle) · P. cruciferae (Crucifer Flea Beetle) · P. nemorum (Striped Flea Beetle) · P. ochripes (Flea Beetle) · P. pusilla (Western Black Flea Beetle) · P. striolata (Striped Flea Beetle) · P. undulata (Turnip Flea Beetle) · P. vittata (Wavy Striped Flea Beetle) · P. vittula (Barley Flea Beetle)
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Further Reading
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- A new British flora: British wild flowers in their natural haunts / described by A. R. Horwood; with sixty-four plates in colour representing 350 different plants, from drawings by J. N. Fitch and many illustrations from photographs. London: Gresham, 1919. url p. 137.
- A survey and record of Woolwich and West Kent containing descriptions and records, brought up-to-date, of geology, botany, zoology, archaeology and industries of the district, with a brief photographic commentary, in commemoration of the 12th Ann General editors, C.H. Grinling, T.A. Ingram [and] B.C. Polkinghorne. Woolwich: Labour Representation Print. Co., 1909. url p. 320.
- British beetles: an introduction to the study of our indigenous Coleoptera. By E.C. Rye. .. London, L. Reeve & Co., 1866. url , , p. 222.
- Proceedings of the South London Entomological & Natural History Society. London [Eng]: South London Entomological and Natural history Society, [1897-1933] url p. 5.
- The Entomologist's monthly magazine. Oxford [etc.]Entomologist's Monthly Magazine Ltd. [etc.] url p. 152, p. 230, p. 230.
- The Review of applied entomology. Farnham Royal, Eng., etc.: Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, etc. url p. 289, p. 685.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 29, 2007:
- Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
- Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem, GEO Biodiversity Day
- Forest Research Institute, Department of Natural Forests, Coleoptera of Białowieża Forest
- Institute of Zoology, Jagiellonian University, Chrysomelidae of Beskid Zywiecki Mts.
- Institute of Zoology, Jagiellonian University, Chrysomelidae of Pomeranian Lakeland
- SysTax, Lobbecke Museum Dusseldorf
- SysTax, SysTax
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2922438
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2706391
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 10677
Footnotes
- Mean = 265.260 meters (870.276 feet), Standard Deviation = 273.020 based on 66 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
