Sphaeroderma testaceum (Fabricius, 1775)
(a flea beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSphaeroderma testaceum (a flea beetle)
TribeAlticini (flea 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 Sphaeroderma testaceum (a flea beetle) :
1: Sphaeroderma testaceum (a flea beetle)
18 Jun 2011 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
on Spear Thistle foliage
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - black backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - black background (2)Image 3: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - black backgroundImage 4: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - black backgroundImage 5: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - black background

Identification Works

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

Sphaeroderma testaceum (a flea beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Sphaeroderma testaceum (a flea beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Sphaeroderma testaceum (a flea beetle)
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