Alticini
Sign in to saveAlso known as subfamily Alticinae, flea beetles, flea beetle
tribe of leaf beetles
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderColeoptera
- FamilyChrysomelidae
Observations recorded47,005
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5,259
- Family
- Chrysomelidae
- Collections
- DMNS, SDNHM, SBMNH, CHAS, NAU, UNM
- Recorded in
- United States, Slovakia, Canada
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Encyclopedic overview
Altica species larva Disonycha xanthomelas Luperaltica nigripalpis
The 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.
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