Galerucella nymphaeae (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Water-lily Leaf Beetle, Water-lily Beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGalerucella nymphaeae (Water-lily Leaf Beetle, Water-lily Beetle)
GenusGalerucella (a genus of leaf beetles)
TribeGalerucini (a tribe of leaf beetles)
SubfamilyGALERUCINAE (a subfamily of leaf and flea beetles)
FamilyCHRYSOMELIDAE (leaf and flea beetles)
SuperfamilyCHRYSOMELOIDEA (leaf, longhorn and seed beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Galerucella nymphaeae (Water-lily Leaf Beetle, Water-lily Beetle) :
1: Galerucella nymphaeae (Water-lily Leaf Beetle, Water-lily Beetle) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
25 May 2000 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Feeding on Amphibious Bistort
Image 1: Female - dorsal viewImage 2: Female - head and thorax - dorsal - close-upImage 3: Female - head and thorax - ventral - close-upImage 4: Female - ventral viewImage 5: Male - dorsal viewImage 6: Male - elytra - close-upImage 7: Male - head and thorax - dorsal - close-upImage 8: Male - head and thorax - dorsal - close-up (2)Image 9: Male - ventral view
2: Galerucella nymphaeae (Water-lily Leaf Beetle, Water-lily Beetle)
9 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU68 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Dorsal viewImage 2: Ventral view

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Hodges, D. & Murray, D. WCG - website of the Watford Coleoptera Group thewcg.org.uk/

Galerucella nymphaeae (Water-lily Leaf Beetle, Water-lily Beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Galerucella nymphaeae (Water-lily Leaf Beetle, Water-lily Beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Galerucella nymphaeae (Water-lily Leaf Beetle, Water-lily Beetle)
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