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Diabrotica

Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae

Taxonomy
Diabrotica was named by Chevrolat (1836). It is extant.

It was assigned to Chrysomelidae by Wickham (1914); and to Luperini by Bukejs and Bezděk (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Diabrotica Chevrolat p. 380
1914Diabrotica Wickham p. 473
2014Diabrotica Bukejs and Bezděk

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
Phytophaga
superfamilyChrysomeloidea
familyChrysomelidae()
subfamilyGalerucinae()
tribeLuperini()
genusDiabrotica

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Diabrotica Chevrolat 1836
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Diabrotica bowditchiana Wickham 1914
Diabrotica exesa Wickham 1911
Diabrotica florissantella Wickham 1914
Diabrotica uteana Wickham 1914
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Chadronian or 37.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) D. bowditchiana, D. uteana, D. florissantella, D. exesa (106384) D. exesa (106379)