Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 758 No. 758 |
The flea beetle is a small, jumping beetle of the leaf beetle family (Chrysomelidae), that makes up the tribe Alticini which is a part of the subfamily Galerucinae. Historically the flea beetles were classified as their own subfamily.
Ancestry Graph
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classDef active fill:#fff
arthropods("phylum: Arthropods"):::active
arthropods-->insects("class: Insects"):::active
insects-->beetles("order: Beetles"):::active
beetles-->leaf-beetles("family: Leaf Beetles"):::active
leaf-beetles-.->black-punctured-leaf-beetle(["species: black-punctured leaf beetle"])
leaf-beetles-.->brassy-willow-beetle(["species: Brassy Willow Beetle"])
leaf-beetles-.->clytra-laeviuscula(["species: Clytra laeviuscula"])
leaf-beetles-.->colorado-potato-beetle(["species: Colorado Potato Beetle"])
leaf-beetles-.->daffodil-leaf-beetle(["species: Daffodil Leaf-beetle"])
leaf-beetles-.->dead-nettle-leaf-beetle(["species: Dead-nettle Leaf Beetle"])
leaf-beetles==>flea-beetles("tribe: Flea Beetles"):::active
leaf-beetles-.->green-dock-beetle(["species: Green Dock Beetle"])
leaf-beetles-.->labidostomis-longimana(["species: Labidostomis longimana"])
leaf-beetles-.->mint-beetle(["species: Mint beetle"])
leaf-beetles-.->oulema-melanopus(": Oulema melanopus")
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click brassy-willow-beetle href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/beetles/leaf-beetles/brassy-willow-beetle/"
click clytra-laeviuscula href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/beetles/leaf-beetles/clytra-laeviuscula/"
click colorado-potato-beetle href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/beetles/leaf-beetles/colorado-potato-beetle/"
click daffodil-leaf-beetle href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/beetles/leaf-beetles/daffodil-leaf-beetle/"
click dead-nettle-leaf-beetle href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/beetles/leaf-beetles/dead-nettle-leaf-beetle/"
click flea-beetles href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/beetles/leaf-beetles/flea-beetles/"
click green-dock-beetle href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/beetles/leaf-beetles/green-dock-beetle/"
click labidostomis-longimana href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/beetles/leaf-beetles/labidostomis-longimana/"
click mint-beetle href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/beetles/leaf-beetles/mint-beetle/"
click oulema-melanopus href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/beetles/leaf-beetles/oulema-melanopus/"
click arthropods href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/"
click insects href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/"
click beetles href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/beetles/"
click leaf-beetles href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/beetles/leaf-beetles/"
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