Altica ambiens, the alder flea beetle, is a species of flea beetle in the family Chrysomelidae.[1][2][3] It is found in North America.[2][4][5]
Altica ambiens | |
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Adult (top) and larvae (bottom) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Chrysomelidae |
Genus: | Altica |
Species: | A. ambiens
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Binomial name | |
Altica ambiens J. L. LeConte, 1859
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Subspecies
edit- Altica ambiens alni Harris in Scudder, 1869
- Altica ambiens ambiens J. L. LeConte, 1859
References
edit- ^ "Altica ambiens Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Altica ambiens Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Altica ambiens Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "North American Cryptocephalus species (Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae)". Texas Entomology.
- ^ "alder flea beetle". Oregonstate.edu. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
Further reading
edit- Arnett, R. H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida.
- Arnett, Ross H. (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
- White, Richard E. (1968). A Review of the Genus Cryptocephalus in America North of Mexico. Smithsonian Institution Press.
- White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
- 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 7". ZooKeys (720): 91–102. Bibcode:2017ZooK..720...91N. doi:10.3897/zookeys.720.13517. PMC 5740445. PMID 29290727.