Texas Beetle Information

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Pigweed Flea Beetle

Disonycha glabrata (Fabricius)

Family Chrysomelidae, Subfamily Galerucinae, Tribe Alticini

(note enlarged hind femora characteristic of Flea Beetle tribe)

Donna, Hidalgo Co., Texas
May 15, 1998 (M Quinn)

Texas County Records for Disonycha glabrata

County Record Data from E.G. Riley, Nov. 2005

Larval Hosts: Amaranthus spp., family Amaranthaceae (Clark et al. 2004)

Similar Species: This genus is comprised of 145 described species and is restricted to the New World. There are 36 species of Disonycha north of Mexico.

Texas Taxa: (per Riley et al. 2003)

Disonycha admirabila Blatchley
Disonycha alabamae Schaeffer
Disonycha alternata (Illiger)
Disonycha arizonae Casey
Disonycha balsbaughi Blake
Disonycha barberi Blake
Disonycha caroliniana (Fabricius)
Disonycha collata (Fabricius)
Disonycha discoidea (Fabricius)
Disonycha fumata (LeConte)
Disonycha glabrata (Fabricius)
Disonycha leptolineata Blatchley
Disonycha pensylvanica (Illiger)
Disonycha pluriligata (LeConte)
Disonycha politula Horn
Disonycha procera Casey
Disonycha stenosticha Schaeffer
Disonycha tenuicornis Horn
Disonycha triangularis (Say)
Disonycha varicornis Horn
Disonycha xanthomelas (Dalman)

Etymology: Disonycha glabrata (Fabricius)

dis (G). Separate, apart; double, two
nyc, -t, -ti, -to (G). Night
glabr (L). Smooth

Biography: Johan Christian Fabricius (1745-1808), Danish botanist and entomologist - Wikipedia

References:

Arnett, R.H., Jr., M.C. Thomas, P.E. Skelley & J.H. Frank. (editors). 2002. American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. 861 pp.

Blake, D.H. 1933. Revision of the Beetles of the Genus Disonycha Occurring in America North of Mexico . Proc. USNM, 82 Art. 28: 1-66.

Blake, D.H. 1951. New Species of Chrysomelid Beetles of the genera Trirhabda and Disonycha. Jour. Wash. Acad. Sci., 41: 324-328.

Blake, D.H. 1970. Notes on Some Chrysomelid Beetles from the United States and Argentina. Proc. EntomoI. Soc. Wash. 72: 320-324.

Borror, D.J. 1960. Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms. National Press Books, Palo Alto. v + 134 pp.

Clark, S.M., D.G. LeDoux, T.N. Seeno, E.G. Riley, A.J. Gilbert & J.M. Sullivan. 2004. Host plants of leaf beetle species occurring in the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae, Chrysomelidae exclusive of Bruchinae). Coleopterists Society, Special Publication no. 2, 476 pp.

Lawson, F.A. 1991. Chrysomelidae (Chrysomeloidea) pp. 568-593. in: Stehr, F.W. (editor) Immature Insects. Volume 2. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, Dubuque, Iowa. xiv + 975 pp.

Peterson, A. 1951. Larvae of Insects: Part II, Coleoptera, Diptera, Neuroptera, Siphonaptera, Mecoptera, Trichoptera. Edwards Bros., Inc., Ann Arbor, Mich. 416 p.