Phaedon tumidulus (Germar, 1823)
(Celery Leaf Beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPhaedon tumidulus (Celery Leaf Beetle)
GenusPhaedon (a genus of leaf beetles)
SubfamilyCHRYSOMELINAE (a subfamily of leaf 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 Phaedon tumidulus (Celery Leaf Beetle) :
1: Phaedon tumidulus (Celery Leaf Beetle)
6 Apr 1974 OSGR: SE65 53° 60’ N, 1° 0’ W England
under rubbish
Image 1: Dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 2: Lateral view - highly enlarged

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Cox, M.L. 2007 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland 336pp, Pisces Publications

Phaedon tumidulus (Celery Leaf Beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Phaedon tumidulus (Celery Leaf Beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 34 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Phaedon tumidulus (Celery Leaf Beetle)
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