tribe
Flea Beetles
Alticini
Field notes
A flea beetle is any small, jumping beetle of the leaf beetle family (Chrysomelidae) that is part of the tribe Alticini, which is part of the subfamily Galerucinae. Historically the flea beetles were classified as their own subfamily.
Traditionally, the Alticini were separated from other Galerucinae by the presence of jumping hind legs, characterised by enlarged femora containing a spring structure allowing the flea beetles to jump. Recent phylogenetic studies suggest that jumping hind legs evolved multiple times in the Galerucinae, rather than once, and that several genera should be transferred between Alticini and Galerucinae sensu stricto (or Galerucini in some classifications).
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- Bladder Clawed Flea Beetles 30 native
- Disonychina 27 native
- Alticina 15 native
- Systena 12 native
- Hairy Flea Beetles 11 native
- Flea Beetles 8 native
- Diboliina 4 native
- Glyptina 4 native
- Longitarsus 4 native
- Studded Flea Beetles 4 native
- Chaetocnemina 4 native
- Luperaltica 3 native
- Monoplatina 2 native
- Parchicola 2 native
- Syphrea 2 native
- Derocrepis 1 native
- Blepharidina 1 native
- Hemiphrynus 1 native
- Strabala 1 native
- Dysphenges 1 native
- Mantura 1 native
- Cornulactica 1 native
- Hemiglyptus 1 native
- Palaeothona 1 native
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Most observed native flea beetles All
Native to the US, by observations.
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Northern Plantain Flea Beetle
Dibolia borealis
2,265 observations
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Pennsylvania Flea Beetle
Disonycha pensylvanica
1,187 observations
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Charlie Brown Flea Beetle
Capraita sexmaculata
333 observations
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Altica tombacina
133 observations
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Dogwood Flea Beetle
Altica corni
55 observations
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Altica pedipallida
5 observations
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Chaetocnema irregularis
1 observations